sec.413Purpose and operation of acceptable biosecurity certificates

### sec.413 Purpose and operation of acceptable biosecurity certificates An acceptable biosecurity certificate is intended to provide a convenient basis on which a person may be taken to comply with, or may be exempted from, particular requirements of this Act or of a corresponding law to this Act about prohibited or restricted matter or about biosecurity matter that may pose a risk to a biosecurity consideration. Subsection (3) applies if— an accredited certifier, in compliance with this Act, gives a biosecurity certificate for biosecurity matter or another stated thing (an acceptable biosecurity certificate ); or an interstate accredited certifier or interstate officer, in compliance with a corresponding law to this Act, gives a biosecurity certificate, however called, for biosecurity matter or another stated thing, and there is an intergovernmental agreement that provides for recognition in Queensland of the certificate (also an acceptable biosecurity certificate ); or an interstate officer, in compliance with a corresponding law to this Act, gives a certificate that is, or is in the nature of, a biosecurity certificate, however called, for biosecurity matter or another stated thing (also an acceptable biosecurity certificate ). If the acceptable biosecurity certificate makes a statement about the existence of a fact, an authorised officer may accept and, without further checking, rely and act on the acceptable biosecurity certificate. An authorised officer’s functions include carrying out an inspection of a carrier of biosecurity matter. An acceptable biosecurity certificate has been given for the biosecurity matter stating that the measures stated for preventing or managing exposure to biosecurity risks relating to the biosecurity matter have been carried out. The authorised officer is not required to carry out the inspection of the carrier. In this section— interstate accredited certifier means a person who holds accreditation, however called, in another State under a corresponding law to this Act and the accreditation is recognised, under an intergovernmental agreement, as being equivalent to accreditation held by an accredited certifier. interstate officer means a person who holds a position, however called, equivalent to an authorised officer in a department of the Commonwealth or of another State that deals with the same matters as this Act or a provision of this Act under a corresponding law to this Act. (sec.413-ssec.1) An acceptable biosecurity certificate is intended to provide a convenient basis on which a person may be taken to comply with, or may be exempted from, particular requirements of this Act or of a corresponding law to this Act about prohibited or restricted matter or about biosecurity matter that may pose a risk to a biosecurity consideration. (sec.413-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if— an accredited certifier, in compliance with this Act, gives a biosecurity certificate for biosecurity matter or another stated thing (an acceptable biosecurity certificate ); or an interstate accredited certifier or interstate officer, in compliance with a corresponding law to this Act, gives a biosecurity certificate, however called, for biosecurity matter or another stated thing, and there is an intergovernmental agreement that provides for recognition in Queensland of the certificate (also an acceptable biosecurity certificate ); or an interstate officer, in compliance with a corresponding law to this Act, gives a certificate that is, or is in the nature of, a biosecurity certificate, however called, for biosecurity matter or another stated thing (also an acceptable biosecurity certificate ). (sec.413-ssec.3) If the acceptable biosecurity certificate makes a statement about the existence of a fact, an authorised officer may accept and, without further checking, rely and act on the acceptable biosecurity certificate. An authorised officer’s functions include carrying out an inspection of a carrier of biosecurity matter. An acceptable biosecurity certificate has been given for the biosecurity matter stating that the measures stated for preventing or managing exposure to biosecurity risks relating to the biosecurity matter have been carried out. The authorised officer is not required to carry out the inspection of the carrier. (sec.413-ssec.4) In this section— interstate accredited certifier means a person who holds accreditation, however called, in another State under a corresponding law to this Act and the accreditation is recognised, under an intergovernmental agreement, as being equivalent to accreditation held by an accredited certifier. interstate officer means a person who holds a position, however called, equivalent to an authorised officer in a department of the Commonwealth or of another State that deals with the same matters as this Act or a provision of this Act under a corresponding law to this Act. - (a) an accredited certifier, in compliance with this Act, gives a biosecurity certificate for biosecurity matter or another stated thing (an acceptable biosecurity certificate ); or - (b) an interstate accredited certifier or interstate officer, in compliance with a corresponding law to this Act, gives a biosecurity certificate, however called, for biosecurity matter or another stated thing, and there is an intergovernmental agreement that provides for recognition in Queensland of the certificate (also an acceptable biosecurity certificate ); or - (c) an interstate officer, in compliance with a corresponding law to this Act, gives a certificate that is, or is in the nature of, a biosecurity certificate, however called, for biosecurity matter or another stated thing (also an acceptable biosecurity certificate ).