When you are an auditor, you must try your best to follow the rules and standards that apply to your work under the Animal Welfare Act 1999. You have to make sure you do your job properly and follow the right procedures. You must also follow any technical standards that are relevant to your work.

You need to tell the organisation that you are going to audit, in writing, what you will be checking and when you will start, unless that would stop you from doing your job properly. This notice should be given to them a reasonable time before the audit starts.

When you do the audit, you must stay within what you said you would check, which is called the terms of reference.