Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

IMPORTED FOOD CONTROL ACT 1992 - SECT 7

             (1)  This Act applies to all food imported into Australia other than:

                    (aa)  food that is imported from New Zealand and is of a kind that is specified by the regulations to be food to which this Act does not apply; or

                     (a)  prohibited food; or

                     (b)  food that is imported for private consumption; or

                     (c)  food that is ship's stores or aircraft's stores, within the meaning of section 130C of the Customs Act; or

                     (d)  food that is imported as a trade sample.

             (2)  Food of a particular kind is taken to have been imported for private consumption if it has not been imported as a trade sample and:

                     (a)  as to food that is in liquid form--if it has a volume of less than 10 litres or such lesser volume (if any) as is prescribed in the regulations in respect of food of that kind; or

                     (b)  as to food that is not in liquid form--if it has a weight of less than 10 kilograms or such lesser weight (if any) as is prescribed in the regulations in respect of food of that kind.

             (3)  Food of a particular kind is imported as a trade sample if:

                     (a)  the food is imported for the purposes of scientific or commercial evaluation; and

                     (b)  the food is not imported for consumption by any person; and

                     (c)  the food is:

                              (i)  in liquid form and has a volume of less than 20 litres or such lesser volume (if any) as is prescribed by the regulations in respect of food of that kind; or

                             (ii)  not in liquid form and has a weight of 20 kilograms or such lesser weight (if any) as is prescribed by the regulations in respect of food of that kind.