115Biosecurity audits

115 Biosecurity audits (1) The director-general may require that a biosecurity auditor carry out an audit (a biosecurity audit) in relation to an authorisation-holder, for 1 or more of the following purposes: (a) to assess an authorisation-holder’s eligibility to hold their permit, registration or approval; (b) to assess the authorisation-holder’s compliance, or capability of complying, with this Act; (c) to identify ways to improve the authorisation-holder’s compliance with this Act. (2) A certifier authority or auditor authority— (a) must require a biosecurity audit of a person the authority has approved as a biosecurity certifier or biosecurity auditor if requested in writing by the director-general; and

(b) may otherwise require a biosecurity audit of a person the authority has approved as a biosecurity certifier or biosecurity auditor.