Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

IMPORTED FOOD CONTROL ACT 1992 - SECT 13

             (1)  A food control certificate must be in a form approved, in writing, by the Secretary for the purposes of this section.

             (2)  The Secretary may approve more than one form of food control certificate.

             (3)  Without limiting subsection (1), a food control certificate must:

                     (a)  if the examinable food to which the certificate relates is not required to be inspected, or inspected and analysed, under the Food Inspection Scheme--state that the food is not required to be inspected, or inspected and analysed, under the Scheme; or

                     (b)  if the food is required to be inspected, or inspected and analysed, under that Scheme:

                              (i)  state that the food is required to be so inspected or so inspected and analysed; and

                             (ii)  require the food to be dealt with in a specified manner, or as directed by an authorised officer, pending that inspection, or inspection and analysis.

             (4)  If:

                     (a)  a food control certificate is issued in respect of food; and

                     (b)  the food to which the certificate relates will not, on presentation to the person having possession of the food, cease to be under Customs control;

then:

                     (c)  an authorised officer must give a copy of the certificate to an officer of Customs having responsibility under section 71E of the Customs Act for the movement of goods under Customs control; and

                     (d)  the officer of Customs must authorise the food to be dealt with as if an application had been made under that section by the owner of the food in the terms of the requirement contained in the certificate.

             (5)  The fact that particular food is described in a food control certificate as not required to be inspected, or inspected and analysed, under the Food Inspection Scheme does not imply that an authorised officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that the food may be failing food may not inspect, or inspect and analyse, that food under the Scheme.

Note:          Customs control is defined in subsection 3(1).