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Biosecurity Act 2014
sec.470BAdditional compliance audits
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### sec.470B Additional compliance audits
This section applies if—
a compliance audit of an approved operator’s operation of an approved biosecurity accreditation scheme is conducted under an approval condition or a requirement under subsection (2) ; and
the compliance audit identified a noncompliance, or more than 1 noncompliance, with the approved operator’s approval.
The chief executive may, in writing, require—
for each noncompliance with the approval identified by the compliance audit—the approved operator to have an additional compliance audit conducted related to the noncompliance; and
the additional compliance audit to be conducted within a stated reasonable period.
An additional compliance audit of the approved operator’s operation of the scheme required under subsection (2) may relate to more than 1 noncompliance with the approval.
The approved operator must comply with a requirement under subsection (2) , unless the approved operator has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
s 470B ins 2017 No. 7 s 108
(sec.470B-ssec.1) This section applies if— a compliance audit of an approved operator’s operation of an approved biosecurity accreditation scheme is conducted under an approval condition or a requirement under subsection (2) ; and the compliance audit identified a noncompliance, or more than 1 noncompliance, with the approved operator’s approval.
(sec.470B-ssec.2) The chief executive may, in writing, require— for each noncompliance with the approval identified by the compliance audit—the approved operator to have an additional compliance audit conducted related to the noncompliance; and the additional compliance audit to be conducted within a stated reasonable period.
(sec.470B-ssec.3) An additional compliance audit of the approved operator’s operation of the scheme required under subsection (2) may relate to more than 1 noncompliance with the approval.
(sec.470B-ssec.4) The approved operator must comply with a requirement under subsection (2) , unless the approved operator has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
- (a) a compliance audit of an approved operator’s operation of an approved biosecurity accreditation scheme is conducted under an approval condition or a requirement under subsection (2) ; and
- (b) the compliance audit identified a noncompliance, or more than 1 noncompliance, with the approved operator’s approval.
- (a) for each noncompliance with the approval identified by the compliance audit—the approved operator to have an additional compliance audit conducted related to the noncompliance; and
- (b) the additional compliance audit to be conducted within a stated reasonable period.