Independent review under section 22A

Section 22A of the Biosecurity Act 1993 allows for an independent review to be conducted as part of the import health standard development process. The purpose of the review is to advise the Director-General of MAF on whether, in developing an import health standard, MAF has had sufficient regard to the scientific evidence about which a person consulted on the draft standard has raised a significant concern.

The Director-General of MAF has set out the process by which independent review panels are to be established by notice in the Gazette. See Gazette notice Link to PDF document (63 KB) .

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