Commonwealth Numbered Acts

IMPORTED FOOD CONTROL ACT 1992 No. 221 of 1992 - SECT 19

19.(1) The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into an
arrangement with the person conducting an overseas food processing operation
providing for the periodic inspection and evaluation of that operation, at the
expense of the person, to decide whether the Secretary should exercise his or
her powers to:

   (a)  approve that food processing operation for the purposes of this Part;
        or

   (b)  revoke any such approval.

(2) If an overseas food processing operation is subject to a current approval
under subsection (1), the Secretary may determine, in writing, to the effect
that, while the determination remains in force, each certificate issued by the
person purportedly in charge of that operation stating that particular food
processed in that operation meets applicable standards and does not pose a
risk to human health is a recognised quality assurance certificate.

(3) The Secretary may revoke a determination under subsection (2) if:

   (a)  the Secretary has reason to doubt the reliability of any statement
        made in any certificate to which the determination relates; or

   (b)  the approval of the overseas food processing operation concerned is
        revoked.

(4) A person must not forge, or utter, knowing it to be forged, a certificate
of the kind referred to in subsection (2). Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
Note: "forging" and "uttering" are defined in subsection 3(1).