Guidelines for Certification of Physical Containment 2 Facilities

Guidelines and Inspection Checklists for PC2

To access previous versions of guidelines in the Australian Government Web Archive please click on December 2014.

Facility Type	Current Guideline Date & Version Number	Current Guideline Documents	Previous (Superseded) Guideline	Application Checklist 1	Annual Inspection Checklist 2
PC2 Animal Facility	01/03/2013 - Ver 3.2	PC2 Animal Facility Guidelines - HTML	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience Application Checklist - (HTML)	Annual Inspection Checklist - Word 97 KB Annual Inspection Checklist - PDF 74 KB
PC2 Aquatic Facility	01/03/2013 - Ver 3.1	PC2 Aquatic Facility Guidelines - HTML	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience Application Checklist - (HTML)	Annual Inspection Checklist - Word 97 KB Annual Inspection Checklist - PDF 74 KB
PC2 Invertebrate	01/03/2013 - Ver 3.1	PC2 Invertebrate Guidelines - HTML	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience Application Checklist - (HTML)	Annual Inspection Checklist - Word 97 KB Annual Inspection Checklist - PDF 75 KB
PC2 Constant Temperature Room	09/08/2011 - Ver 2.1	PC2 Constant Temperature Room Guidelines - HTML	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience Application Checklist - RTF 242 KB Application Checklist - PDF 124 KB	same as application inspection checklist
PC2 Laboratory	01/03/2013 - Ver 3.2	PC2 Laboratory Guidelines - HTML	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience Application Checklist - (HTML)	Annual Inspection Checklist - Word 95 KB Annual Inspection Checklist - PDF 70 KB
PC2 Large Scale Facility	28/02/2018 - Ver 3.1	PC2 Large Scale Facility Guidelines - DOCX 202 KB PC2 Large Scale Facility Guidelines - PDF 257 KB	previous versions	REQUIRED with application Application Checklist - Word 501 KB Application Checklist - PDF 219 KB	Annual Inspection Checklist - Word 539 KB Annual Inspection Checklist - PDF 258 KB
PC2 Large Grazing Animal Facility	12/02/2014 - Ver 1.1	PC2 Large Grazing Animal Facility Guidelines - HTML		not required available here for your convenience. Application Checklist - Word 465 KB Application Checklist - PDF 69 KB	(3 monthly inspections) Annual Inspection Checklist - Word 463 KB Annual Inspection Checklist - PDF 71 KB
PC2 Plant Facility	01/03/2013 - Ver 3.2	PC2 Plant Facility Guidelines - HTML	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience Application Checklist - (HTML)	Annual Inspection Checklist - Word 96 KB Annual Inspection Checklist - PDF 76 KB

¹ Application Checklists must be completed and submitted with an application for certification of PC3, PC4 and PC2 Large Scale Facilities only.
² Annual Inspection Checklists are provided for the convenience of persons conducting annual inspections of facilities after they have been certified. The use of this inspection checklist is not mandatory. Top of page