Can the competent person conducting the gap analysis or assisting the company to develop and implement the action plan be from the same company as the third party auditor?

Q: Can the competent person conducting the gap analysis or assisting the company to develop and implement the action plan be from the same company as the third party auditor?

For the WHS+ consultation and audit programme , the competent person conducting the gap analysis (Phase 1), which includes reviewing the MCHP or HCP implementation, may be from the same entity as the competent person developing and implementing the action plan (Phase 2), which includes advising the risk controls and implementation. However, the auditor engaged to audit the completion (Phase 3) of the first 2 phases, must not be the same person who assisted the company to complete Phase 1 and Phase 2.

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For the WHS+ consultation and audit programme, the competent person conducting the gap analysis (Phase 1), which includes reviewing the MCHP or HCP implementation, may be from the same entity as the competent person developing and implementing the action plan (Phase 2), which includes advising the risk controls and implementation.

However, the auditor engaged to audit the completion (Phase 3) of the first 2 phases, must not be the same person who assisted the company to complete Phase 1 and Phase 2.

Can the competent person conducting the gap analysis or assisting the company to develop and implement the action plan be from the same company as the third party auditor?

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