New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 160

160 Grant or refusal of biosecurity registration

(1) The Secretary may, on application, grant or refuse biosecurity registration.

(2) The Secretary may refuse biosecurity registration--

(a) if the application for biosecurity registration does not comply with any requirement imposed by or under this Act, or

(b) if the Secretary is of the opinion that the applicant is not a suitable person to be involved in the registrable dealing concerned, or

(c) in the case of an emergency, or

(d) on any grounds prescribed by the regulations, or

(e) for any other reason that the Secretary considers to be a good reason for refusing the application.

(3) A decision about the suitability of a person to be involved in a registrable dealing may be made having regard to any of the following--

(a) the fact that the person has been found guilty of an offence under this Act or the regulations, or an offence under any other Act or law,

(b) an accreditation audit,

(c) any matter prescribed by the regulations,

(d) any other circumstances that the Secretary considers relevant.

(4) The Secretary is to give the applicant notice in writing of a decision to grant or refuse biosecurity registration.

(5) If the Secretary fails to give an applicant for biosecurity registration notice of a decision to grant or refuse the biosecurity registration within the period prescribed by the regulations, the Secretary is taken to have refused to grant the biosecurity registration.

Note : Part 15 provides for accreditation audits in relation to applications.