New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 192

192 Accreditation policy

(1) An accreditation authority is required to adopt an accreditation policy for the purposes of this Act.

(2) An accreditation policy may make provision for or with respect to the following matters--

(a) the qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience required with respect to the issue of biosecurity certificates by biosecurity certifiers accredited by the accreditation authority,

(a1) the suitability of individuals to carry out the function of issuing biosecurity certificates for biosecurity certifiers accredited by the accreditation authority,

(b) any other matters prescribed by the regulations.

(3) An accreditation authority is to make the accreditation policy publicly available.

(4) An accreditation policy adopted by an accreditation authority (other than the Secretary) has no effect unless it has been approved by the Secretary.

(5) An accreditation authority may amend or replace an accreditation policy adopted by the accreditation authority.

(6) Subsection (4) applies in relation to the amendment or replacement of an accreditation policy in the same way as it applies to the adoption of an accreditation policy.

(7) However, subsection (4) does not apply to an amendment of an accreditation policy if the accreditation authority certifies that the amendment--

(a) is minor in nature or for the purpose of correcting an error, or

(b) is necessary to reflect a change of a course (including a continuing professional development course) or qualification or of the provider of a course or qualification.

(8) An accreditation authority may adopt different accreditation policies for different types of accreditation.

(9) A reference in this Act to an accreditation authority's accreditation policy is a reference to the accreditation policy as adopted by the accreditation authority, being, if the authority has more than one policy, the accreditation policy that is relevant to the type of accreditation concerned.