New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 230

230 Recovery of fee for compliance audit

(1) A person who requires a compliance audit may charge the audit target a reasonable fee for the conduct of a compliance audit by a biosecurity auditor engaged by the person, but only if the audit target is a biosecurity participant.

(2) If the person who requires the compliance audit is the Secretary, the fee--

(a) is a recoverable amount that is payable to the Secretary, and

(b) is recoverable from the audit target.

Note--: See Part 20, which provides for the recovery of recoverable amounts.

(3) If the person who requires the compliance audit is an accreditation authority (other than the Secretary), the fee is recoverable by the accreditation authority as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(4) An audit target is responsible for any fee payable in connection with a compliance audit conducted by a biosecurity auditor engaged by the audit target.