New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 227

227 Audit frequency policy

(1) A person who can require a compliance audit is required to adopt an audit frequency policy for the purposes of this Act.

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

(a) the frequency of compliance audits,

(b) any other matters that are prescribed by the regulations.

(3) An audit frequency policy adopted by a person who can require a compliance audit (other than the Secretary) has no effect unless it has been approved in writing by the Secretary.

(4) A person may amend or replace an audit frequency policy adopted by the person.

(5) Subsection (3) applies in relation to the amendment or replacement of an audit frequency policy in the same way as it applies to the adoption of an audit frequency policy.

(6) However, subsection (3) does not apply to an amendment of an audit frequency policy if the person making the amendment certifies that the amendment is minor in nature or for the purpose of correcting an error.

(7) An audit frequency policy may apply generally or apply differently according to different factors of a specified kind, such as the following--

(a) the type of biosecurity matter involved,

(b) the type of activity involved and the level of biosecurity risk associated with that activity,

(c) the class of biosecurity registration or accreditation involved (if any).

(8) A person who can require a compliance audit is to make the person's audit frequency policy publicly available.

(9) A reference in this Act to a person's audit frequency policy is a reference to the audit frequency policy adopted by the person or, if the person has more than one policy, the audit frequency policy that is relevant to the audit concerned.