133Approvals—authority criteria

133 Approvals—authority criteria The director-general may approve an applicant under section 131 as a certifier authority or auditor authority only if satisfied that the applicant— (a) will approve suitable people as biosecurity certifiers or biosecurity auditors, including by requiring biosecurity audits; and

(b) will monitor approval-holders’ ongoing suitability, including by having an appropriate, publicly available, audit frequency policy requiring biosecurity audits; and (c) will impose appropriate conditions on approvals, including a condition that approval-holders must cooperate with any required biosecurity audit; and (d) will appropriately provide for quality assurance of approval-holders; and (e) will identify and deal with approval-holders’ noncompliance with any conditions on their approval, including by suspending and cancelling approvals; and (f) has appropriate procedures for reviewing decisions and resolving disputes about approvals; and (g) will impose reasonable fees for approvals; and (h) meets any other requirement prescribed by regulation.