New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 233

233 Entry to premises

(1) A biosecurity auditor who is an authorised officer may exercise his or her functions as a biosecurity auditor on premises entered under Part 8.

(2) A biosecurity auditor who is not an authorised officer may accompany an authorised officer who enters premises under Part 8 for the purpose of exercising the biosecurity auditor's functions as a biosecurity auditor.

(3) This section does not prevent a biosecurity auditor from--

(a) entering or remaining on any premises, or doing anything else on premises, with the consent of the occupier of the premises, or

(b) entering or remaining in any public place while that place is open to the public.

Note : Failure to consent to entry by a biosecurity auditor, or to co-operate with a biosecurity audit, may constitute a contravention of conditions of biosecurity registration, a permit, accreditation as a biosecurity certifier, appointment as a biosecurity auditor or approval as an accreditation authority.

(4) In this section--

"biosecurity auditor" includes an individual who is an identified individual with respect to any function of a biosecurity auditor.