Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00759:reg:3:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00759
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 12/15)
Character Range: 149541–152214

Record of assessment
 (1) As soon as practicable after an assessor completes an assessment of plants or plant products, the assessor must make a written record (an assessment record) of the assessment.
 (2) The assessment record must:
 (a) state whether the plants or plant products passed or failed the assessment; and
 (b) if the plants or plant products passed the assessment and a validity period for the plants or plant products applies—state the validity period; and
 (c) if the Secretary has approved, in writing, a form for the assessment record:
 (i) include any other information required by the form; and
 (ii) be accompanied by any documents required by the form; and
 (d) if the Secretary has approved, in writing, a manner for giving the assessment record—be given in the approved manner.

9‑15  Applicable tolerance levels for pests and contaminants

Pests
 (1) The applicable tolerance level for a kind of pest in relation to a kind of plant or plant product for export to an importing country is:
 (a) nil; or
 (b) if the Secretary has approved, under subsection 9‑16(1), a tolerance level for that kind of pest in relation to that kind of plant or plant product and that importing country—the approved tolerance level.
Note: For pest, see section 1‑6.

Contaminants that are animal carcases or animal waste
 (2) The applicable tolerance level for animal carcases or animal waste in relation to a kind of plant or plant product for export to an importing country is:
 (a) nil; or
 (b) if the Secretary has approved, under subsection 9‑16(2), a tolerance level for animal carcases or animal waste in relation to that kind of plant or plant product and that importing country—the approved tolerance level.

Contaminants other than animal carcases or animal waste
 (3) The applicable tolerance level (if any) for a kind of contaminant (other than animal carcases or animal waste) in relation to a kind of plant or plant product for export to an importing country is the tolerance level approved by the Secretary under subsection 9‑16(3) for that kind of contaminant in relation to that kind of plant or plant product and that importing country.
Note: For contaminant, see section 1‑6.

9‑16  Approval of tolerance levels for pests and contaminants

Pests
 (1) The Secretary may approve, in writing, a tolerance level higher than nil for a kind of pest in relation to a kind of plant or plant product for export to an importing country if:
 (a) the pest is not injurious to that kind of plant or plant product; or
 (b) the pest is not a quarantine pest for the importing country; or
 (c) the pest is a quarantine pest for the importing country and the approved