AustLII Tasmanian Numbered Acts

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BIOSECURITY ACT 2019 (NO. 22 OF 2019) - SECT 152

Decision to require compliance audits

(1)  The Secretary, or an accreditation authority, must have regard to the following in making a decision about whether to require the compliance audit or the frequency of compliance audits:
(a) the person’s audit frequency policy;
(b) the compliance history of the audit target;
(c) any previous biosecurity audits performed in relation to the audit target that the person considers relevant (including any deficiencies identified in those audits);
(d) any information provided to the person by authorised officers about compliance with this Act;
(e) any other matters that the person considers relevant.
(2)  An accreditation authority (other than the Secretary) must require a compliance audit to be performed in relation to a person if –
(a) it is directed to do so by the Secretary; or
(b) it is required to do so under the conditions of its approval as an accreditation authority.
(3)  If the Secretary directs an accreditation authority to require a compliance audit, subsection (1) applies to the decision of the Secretary to make such a direction as if it were a decision about whether to require the compliance audit.



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