41Authorised purpose

41 Authorised purpose

(1)  Unless otherwise specified in this Act, an authorised officer may only perform the functions of an authorised officer for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) to assess, prevent, eliminate, minimise, control or manage any biosecurity risk or biosecurity impact, or suspected biosecurity risk or biosecurity impact;

(b) to investigate, monitor and enforce compliance with this Act;

(c) to administer or execute this Act;

(d) to obtain information or records necessary for the administration or enforcement of this Act;

(e) to assist a biosecurity auditor to perform the biosecurity auditor's functions in connection with a biosecurity audit;

(f) if the authorised officer is a biosecurity auditor, to perform a biosecurity audit.

(2)  An authorised officer who is also a biosecurity auditor may perform the functions of an authorised officer while he or she is also performing the functions of a biosecurity auditor.