Part 3Importation of risk goods
Craft risk management standards
24KCraft risk management plans
This section applies if a person—
- is an owner or an operator, or the person in charge, of a craft; and
- wants to operate under a craft risk management plan containing requirements that are equivalent to but different from those specified in the applicable craft risk management standard.
The person must—
- make the plan; and
- submit it to the Director-General for approval.
The Director-General may approve the plan if satisfied that the risks can be managed under the plan to the same extent as, or a greater extent than, they can be managed under the applicable craft risk management standard.
The Director-General must include in the approval of the plan a statement of the class or description of activity to which it applies.
The Director-General may include in the approval of the plan a statement of the period for which the approval is valid.
If the Director-General ceases to be satisfied under subsection (3), the Director-General may—
- withdraw the approval; or
- follow the following process:
- the Director-General informs the person of the aspects of the plan that have ceased to satisfy the Director-General; and
- the person may submit draft amendments to the Director-General; and
- the Director-General may approve the draft amendments or require other amendments; and
- whether or not the person submits draft amendments to the Director-General, the Director-General may withdraw approval of the plan if it is not amended to the Director-General's satisfaction within a reasonable time.
- the Director-General informs the person of the aspects of the plan that have ceased to satisfy the Director-General; and
Throughout the period that the plan has the approval of the Director-General, a person who complies with the plan for an activity to which the plan applies does not have to comply also with the applicable craft risk management standard for the activity.
An operator, or the person in charge, of a craft to which a craft risk management plan applies must—
- comply with the plan; and
- if required by an inspector, do the following:
- provide the inspector with a declaration in an approved form setting out the steps taken to comply with the plan; and
- provide the inspector with the declaration in an approved manner.
- provide the inspector with a declaration in an approved form setting out the steps taken to comply with the plan; and
Notes
- Section 24K: inserted, on , by section 20 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).