Biosecurity Act 2019
156Recovery of fee for compliance audit
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156 Recovery of fee for compliance audit
(1) A person who requires a compliance audit may charge the audit target a reasonable fee for the performance of the audit by a biosecurity auditor engaged by the person.
(2) If the Secretary requires the compliance audit to be performed, the fee is a recoverable amount that is recoverable from the audit target.
(3) If an accreditation authority other than the Secretary requires the compliance audit to be performed, the fee is an amount due and owing to the accreditation authority.
(4) An audit target is responsible for any fee payable in connection with a compliance audit, performed by a biosecurity auditor engaged by the audit target, that is not specifically stated to be covered by a fee charged under subsection (1) in respect of the audit.