New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 195

195 Approval of authorised officer to exercise functions of biosecurity certifier

(1) The Secretary may, by instrument in writing, approve any authorised officer to exercise any specified function or functions of a biosecurity certifier.

(2) An approval may apply to a specified authorised officer or to any specified class of authorised officers.

(3) An approval may be unconditional, or subject to conditions or limitations.

(4) An approval has effect for the period specified in the instrument of approval or, if no period is specified, until revoked by the Secretary.

(5) The Secretary may, by instrument in writing, revoke or amend an approval under this section at any time.

(6) The approval of a person as a biosecurity certifier under this section ceases to be in force if the person ceases to be an authorised officer.

(7) A person approved to exercise the functions of a biosecurity certifier under this section is taken to be a biosecurity certifier.

(8) Nothing in this Act authorises or requires the person to act in contravention of the conditions or limitations of his or her approval to exercise the functions of a biosecurity certifier.