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Biosecurity Act 2014
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### sec.468 Additional compliance audits
This section applies if—
a compliance audit of an accredited certifier’s activities as an accredited certifier is conducted under an accreditation condition or a requirement under subsection (2) ; and
the compliance audit identified a noncompliance, or more than 1 noncompliance, with the accredited certifier’s accreditation.
It is an offence for an accredited certifier to contravene an accreditation condition unless the accredited certifier has a reasonable excuse. See section 436 .
The chief executive may, in writing, require—
for each noncompliance with the accreditation identified by the compliance audit—the accredited certifier to have an additional compliance audit conducted of the accredited certifier’s activities related to the noncompliance; and
the additional compliance audit to be conducted within a stated reasonable period.
An additional compliance audit of the accredited certifier’s activities required under subsection (2) may relate to more than 1 noncompliance with the certification.
The accredited certifier must comply with a requirement under subsection (2) unless the accredited certifier has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
s 468 sub 2016 No. 28 s 65
(sec.468-ssec.1) This section applies if— a compliance audit of an accredited certifier’s activities as an accredited certifier is conducted under an accreditation condition or a requirement under subsection (2) ; and the compliance audit identified a noncompliance, or more than 1 noncompliance, with the accredited certifier’s accreditation. It is an offence for an accredited certifier to contravene an accreditation condition unless the accredited certifier has a reasonable excuse. See section 436 .
(sec.468-ssec.2) The chief executive may, in writing, require— for each noncompliance with the accreditation identified by the compliance audit—the accredited certifier to have an additional compliance audit conducted of the accredited certifier’s activities related to the noncompliance; and the additional compliance audit to be conducted within a stated reasonable period.
(sec.468-ssec.3) An additional compliance audit of the accredited certifier’s activities required under subsection (2) may relate to more than 1 noncompliance with the certification.
(sec.468-ssec.4) The accredited certifier must comply with a requirement under subsection (2) unless the accredited certifier has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
- (a) a compliance audit of an accredited certifier’s activities as an accredited certifier is conducted under an accreditation condition or a requirement under subsection (2) ; and
- (b) the compliance audit identified a noncompliance, or more than 1 noncompliance, with the accredited certifier’s accreditation.
- (a) for each noncompliance with the accreditation identified by the compliance audit—the accredited certifier to have an additional compliance audit conducted of the accredited certifier’s activities related to the noncompliance; and
- (b) the additional compliance audit to be conducted within a stated reasonable period.