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Guidelines and Forms for Certification of Physical Containment Facilities

• Application Form (for all facility types) and Explanatory Information
• PC1 Guidelines and Checklists
• PC2 Guidelines and Checklists
• PC3 Guidelines and Checklists
• PC4 Guidelines and Checklists

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Previous (Superseded) Versions of Guidelines

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Application Form and Explanatory Information

Title	Date of Issue & Version Number	Documents
Application Form for the Certification of a Physical Containment Facility	01/03/2013 - Version 1.5	HTML RTF (RTF 678 KB) PDF 248 KB
Explanatory Information on Guidelines for Certification of Physical Containment Facilities	1/7/2007 - Version 2.2	HTML PDF 132 KB
Guide to Physical Containment Levels and Facility Types	1/7/2007 - Version 1.2	HTML PDF 144 KB
Guidance Note for the submission of applications to modify Certifications	23/01/2012 - Version 1.1	HTML PDF 68 KB

Guidance Notes for the containment of exempt dealings

Guidelines and Inspection Checklists

PC1

Facility Type	Current Guideline Date & Version Number	Current Guideline Documents	Previous (Superseded) Guidelines	Application Checklist 1	Annual Inspection Checklist 2
PC1 Facility	30/03/2007 - Ver 1.1	HTML PDF 17 KB	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience DOC 141 KB PDF 73 KB	annual inspections not required
PC1 Large Grazing Animals Facility	30/03/2007 - Ver 2.1	HTML PDF 132 KB	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience DOC 115 KB PDF 59 KB	DOC 124 KB PDF 63 KB
PC1 Large Scale Facility	01/09/2006 - Ver 2.1	RTF 390 KB PDF 146 KB	previous versions	RTF 444 KB PDF 108 KB	RTF 590 KB PDF 210 KB

¹ Application Checklists must be completed and submitted with an application for certification of PC3, PC4 and PC1 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.

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PC2

Facility Type	Current Guideline Date & Version Number	Current Guideline Documents	Previous (Superseded) Guideline	Application Checklist 1	Annual Inspection Checklist 2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	HTML PDF 261 KB	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience HTML version PDF version (139 KB)	DOC 160 KB PDF 81 KB
PC2 Aquatic Organism Facility	01/03/2013 - Ver 3.1	HTML PDF 268 KB	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience HTML version PDF version (139 KB)	RTF 698 KB PDF 217 KB
PC2 Invertebrate	01/03/2013 - Ver 3.1	HTML PDF 251 KB	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience HTML version PDF version (139 KB)	RTF 886 KB PDF 222 KB
PC2 Constant Temperature Room	09/08/2011 - Ver 2.1	HTML PDF 205 KB	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience RTF 242 KB PDF 124 KB	same as application inspection checklist
PC2 Laboratory	01/03/2013 - Ver 3.2	HTML PDF 250 KB	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience HTML version PDF version (134 KB)	DOC 150 KB PDF 72 KB
PC2 Large Scale Facility	01/09/2006 - Ver 2.1	RTF 325 KB PDF 133 KB	previous versions	REQUIRED with application HTML PDF 11 KB	RTF 635 KB PDF 229 KB
PC2 Plant Facility	01/03/2013 - Ver 3.2	HTML PDF 280 KB	previous versions	not required available here for your convenience HTML version PDF version (143 KB)	DOC 167 KB PDF 82 KB

¹ Application Checklists must be completed and submitted with an application for certification of PC3, PC4 and PC1 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

PC3

Facility Type	Current Guideline Date & Version Number	Current Guideline Documents	Previous (Superseded) Guidelines	Application Checklist1	Annual Inspection Checklist2
PC3 Animal Facility	28/06/2010 - Ver 2.1	RTF 1.08 MB PDF 211 KB	previous versions	HTML PDF 143 KB	HTML PDF 220 KB
PC3 Invertebrate	21/09/2011 - Ver 2.1	HTML PDF 278 KB	previous versions	HTML PDF 203 KB	HTML PDF 164 KB
PC3 Laboratory	28/05/2012 - Ver 3.1	RTF 789 KB PDF 296 KB	previous versions	RTF 751 KB PDF 199 KB	RTF 1.7 MB PDF 286 KB
PC3 Plant Facility	None *	N/A	previous versions	N/A	N/A

¹ Application Checklists must be completed and submitted with an application for certification of a PC3 facility.
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.
* Due to the very small number of these facilities, applications to certify PC3 Plant facilities will be considered on a case by case basis. As a guide, PC3 Plant Facilities will be expected to comply with the current PC3 Laboratory Guidelines. However, exemptions/additional conditions may be imposed by the Regulator to ensure containment of PC3 GM microorganisms used in/on plant hosts. Please contact the OGTR at ogtr.cdes@health.gov.au for more information.

PC4

Facility Type	Current Guideline Date & Version Number	Current Guideline Documents	Previous (Superseded) Guidelines	Application Checklist 1	Annual Inspection Checklist2
PC4 Facility	01/07/ 2007 - Ver 2.1	RTF 606 KB PDF 162 KB	previous versions	REQUIRED with application checklist being prepared

¹ Application Checklists must be completed and submitted with an application for cerfication of a PC4 facility.
² Annual Inspection Checklists are provided for the convenience of persons conducting annual inspections of facilties after they have been certified. The use of this inspection checklist is not manadatory.
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