135Alterations to certificates and declarations

135 Alterations to certificates and declarations

S. 135(1) amended by No. 1/2024 s. 80(1).

(a) alter or permit to be altered any information or statement in a plant health certificate unless the alteration is authorised in writing by an inspector, inspection agent or officer who is authorised by this Act to issue plant health certificates; or

S. 135(1)(b) amended by No. 22/2022 s. 162.

(b) alter or permit to be altered any information or statement in a plant health declaration unless the alteration is authorised in writing by a person authorised by the Secretary to issue plant health declarations.

S. 135(2) amended by No. 1/2024 s. 80(2).

(2) A person must not alter or permit to be altered any information or statement in an assurance certificate unless—

(a) the alteration is authorised in writing by the accredited person who issued the assurance certificate; or

(b) the alteration—

(i) relates to the splitting of a consignment to which that assurance certificate relates; and

(ii) is made by a person authorised by the Secretary or by an officer or authority of a State or Territory administering a corresponding law to split consignments.