Queensland Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2006 - SECT 144

144 Grounds for suspension or cancellation

(1) Each of the following is a ground for suspending or cancelling an auditor’s approval—

(a) the auditor is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to be an auditor;

(b) the auditor does not have the necessary expertise or experience to perform the auditor’s functions;

(c) the auditor has contravened a condition of the approval;

(d) the audits conducted by the auditor have not been conducted honestly, fairly or diligently;

(e) the approval was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration.

(2) For forming a belief that the ground mentioned in subsection (1) (a) exists, the chief executive may have regard to the matters to which the chief executive may have regard in deciding whether a person is a suitable person to be an auditor.