Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2023 (NO. 50 OF 2023) - SECT 133

The director-general may approve an applicant under section 131 as a certifier authority or auditor authority only if satisfied that the applicant—

        (a)     will approve suitable people as biosecurity certifiers or biosecurity auditors, including by requiring biosecurity audits; and

        (b)     will monitor approval-holders' ongoing suitability, including by having an appropriate, publicly available, audit frequency policy requiring biosecurity audits; and

        (c)     will impose appropriate conditions on approvals, including a condition that approval-holders must cooperate with any required biosecurity audit; and

        (d)     will appropriately provide for quality assurance of approval-holders; and

        (e)     will identify and deal with approval-holders' noncompliance with any conditions on their approval, including by suspending and cancelling approvals; and

        (f)     has appropriate procedures for reviewing decisions and resolving disputes about approvals; and

        (g)     will impose reasonable fees for approvals; and

        (h)     meets any other requirement prescribed by regulation.