Biosecurity Act 2025

An accreditation authority that is authorised to appoint biosecurity auditors under this Act must adopt a policy in relation to the appointment of biosecurity auditors (an appointment policy).

An appointment policy may make provision for, or in respect to, the following matters:

the qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience required for a person to be appointed as a biosecurity auditor by the accreditation authority;

the suitability of a person to carry out the function of performing biosecurity audits as a biosecurity auditor appointed by the accreditation authority;

any other prescribed matter.

An appointment policy adopted by an accreditation authority (other than the Chief Executive) has no effect unless it, and any amendment to it, have been approved by the Chief Executive.

However, subsection (3) does not apply to an amendment if the accreditation authority certifies that the amendment—

is minor in nature or for the purposes of correcting an error; or

is necessary to reflect a change of—

a course of study (including a professional development course); or

a required qualification; or

the provider of a course or qualification; or

is authorised by the regulations.

An accreditation authority must ensure that an appointment policy is publicly available.

An accreditation authority may adopt different appointment policies for different types or classes of—

biosecurity auditors; or

biosecurity audits.

A reference in this Act to an appointment policy is a reference to the appointment policy, as adopted by the relevant accreditation authority, that is relevant to the appointment or type of appointment to which the reference relates.