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Facility Type	Current Guideline Date & Version Number	Current Guideline Documents	Previous (Superseded) Guideline	Application Checklist 1	Annual Inspection Checklist 2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.