FOOD ACT 2003 - As at 13 January 2023 - Act 43 of 2003 - NOTES
FOOD ACT 2003 - As at 13 January 2023 - Act 43 of 2003 - NOTES
Does not include amendments by--
Food Amendment (Beef Labelling) Act 2009 No 120, Sch 1 [1[#93] (to the extent that it inserts sec 23B (1) (c)) (not commenced)
See also--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021
Editorial note
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This version has been updated.
Reprint history--
Reprint No 1 21 December 2004
Reprint No 2 8 January 2008
Reprint No 3 5 October 2010
Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
| Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
| Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
| Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
| Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
| Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
| GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
Table of amending instruments
Food Act 2003 No 43. Second reading speech made: Legislative Assembly, 30.4.2003; Legislative Council, 28.5.2003. Assented to 8.9.2003. Date of commencement (except secs 92 (2), 93, 96 and 102-106), 23.2.2004, sec 2 and GG No 42 of 20.2.2004, p 711; secs 92 (2) and 102-106 as originally enacted were not commenced and were repealed by the Food Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No 16; date of commencement of secs 93 and 96, 1.1.2008, sec 2 and GG No 185 of 21.12.2007, p 9810. This Act has been amended as follows--| 2004 | No 16 | Food Legislation Amendment
Act
2004. Assented to 24.3.2004. Date of commencement, 5.4.2004, sec 2 and GG No 69 of 2.4.2004, p 1795. |
| 2005 | No 64 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1). |
| No 98 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2). | |
| 2006 | No 2 | Public Sector Employment
Legislation
Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378. |
| No 120 | Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2). | |
| 2007 | No 47 | Food Amendment
Act
2007. Assented to 1.11.2007. Date of commencement, 1.1.2008, sec 2 and GG No 185 of 21.12.2007, p 9809. |
| No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local
Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. | |
| 2008 | No 5 | Food Amendment (Public
Information on
Offences) Act 2008. Assented to 14.4.2008. Date of commencement, 3.5.2008, sec 2 and GG No 48 of 2.5.2008, p 2963. |
| 2009 | No 85 | Food Amendment (Food
Safety
Supervisors) Act 2009. Assented to 19.11.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 1, Sch 1 [4[#93] to the extent that it inserts secs 106C-106G excepted, 9.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (350) LW 9.7.2010; date of commencement of Sch 1 [4[#93] to the extent that it inserts secs 106C-106G, 1.10.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (561) LW 1.10.2010. |
| No 96 | Public Sector
Restructure
(Miscellaneous Acts Amendments) Act 2009. Assented to 30.11.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 8, assent, sec 2 (1). | |
| No 120 | Food Amendment (Beef Labelling)
Act
2009. Assented to 16.12.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 1, Sch 1 [1[#93] to the extent that it inserts sec 23B (1) (c) excepted, 31.8.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (462) LW 20.8.2010; date of commencement of Sch 1 [1[#93] to the extent that it inserts sec 23B (1) (c): not in force. | |
| 2010 | No 108 | Food Amendment
Act
2010. Assented to 29.11.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (1). |
| No 127 | Public Health
Act
2010. Assented to 7.12.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.9.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (275) LW 29.6.2012. | |
| 2011 | No 2 | Miscellaneous Acts
Amendment
(Directors' Liability) Act 2011. Assented to 10.5.2011. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 2012 | No 97 | Miscellaneous Acts
Amendment
(Directors' Liability) Act 2012. Assented to 26.11.2012. Date of commencement, 11.1.2013, sec 2 and 2012 (629) LW 14.12.2012. |
| 2013 | No 82 | Fines Amendment
Act
2013. Assented to 29.10.2013. Date of commencement, 1.12.2013, sec 2. |
| No 95 | Civil and Administrative
Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 20.11.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 2.63, 1.1.2014, sec 2 (1). | |
| No 111 | Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2013. Assented to 3.12.2013. Date of commencement of Schs 1 and 2, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1). | |
| 2014 | No 26 | Trade and Investment
Cluster
Governance (Amendment and Repeal) Act 2014. Assented to 24.6.2014. Date of commencement of Sch 3.2, 1.7.2014, sec 2 and 2014 (403) LW 27.6.2014. |
| 2015 | No 58 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2015. Assented to 24.11.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 15.1.2016, sec 2 (3). |
| 2016 | No 55 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2016. Assented to 25.10.2016. Date of commencement of Sch 1.10, 6.1.2017, sec 2 (1). |
| 2017 | No 22 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2017. Assented to 1.6.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3). |
| 2018 | No 25 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2018. Assented to 15.6.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.8.2018, sec 2 (3). |
| No 68 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2018. Assented to 31.10.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 1.13, 8.1.2019, sec 2 (1). | |
| No 70 | Government Sector Finance
Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018. Assented to 22.11.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (673) LW 30.11.2018. | |
| 2022 | No 59 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2022. Assented to 26.10.2022. Date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2. |
Table of amendments
| Sec 4 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [1[#93]; 2009 No 96, Sch 8 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.63 [1[#93]; 2014 No 26, Sch 3.2 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.35 [1[#93] [2[#93]. |
| Sec 5 | Am 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 6 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 10 | Rep 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 13 | Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 14 | Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 15 | Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 16 | Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 17 | Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 18 | Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [6[#93]. |
| Sec 19 | Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [7[#93]. |
| Sec 20 | Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [8[#93]. |
| Sec 21 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [6[#93]; 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [9[#93]. |
| Part 2, Div 2A (secs 23A-23D) | Ins 2009 No 120, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 24 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [7[#93]. |
| Sec 33 | Am 2018 No 25, Sch 2.10. |
| Sec 34 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.63 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 35 | Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [10[#93]. |
| Sec 39 | Am 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 43A | Ins 2010 No 108, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 51 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.63 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 52 | Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2. |
| Sec 57 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [8[#93] [9[#93]. |
| Sec 60 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [10[#93] [11[#93]. |
| Sec 64 | Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [11[#93]. |
| Sec 65 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.63 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 66 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.63 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 66AA | Ins 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 66A | Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [12[#93]. |
| Sec 73 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [13[#93]. |
| Sec 79 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.63 [6[#93] [7[#93]. |
| Sec 85 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.63 [8[#93] [9[#93]. |
| Sec 87 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [14[#93]. |
| Sec 87A | Ins 2009 No 120, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 91 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.63 [10[#93]. |
| Sec 92 | Rep 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [15[#93]. |
| Sec 99 | Am 2010 No 108, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
| Part 8, heading | Subst 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [16[#93]. |
| Part 8, Div 1, heading | Ins 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 100 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [17[#93] [18[#93]. |
| Sec 101 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [19[#93]. |
| Sec 101A (previously sec 106) | Subst 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [20[#93]. Renumbered 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
| Part 8, Div 2, heading | Ins 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 102 | Subst 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [20[#93]. Am 2006 No 120, Sch 1.12 [1[#93]; 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 103 | Subst 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [20[#93]. |
| Sec 104 | Subst 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [20[#93]. Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [12[#93]. |
| Sec 105 | Subst 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [20[#93]. |
| Part 8, Div 3 | Ins 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 106 | Ins 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [4[#93]. Am 2013 No 111, Sch 1.3 [1[#93]. |
| Secs 106A-106D | Ins 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Secs 106E, 106F | Ins 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [4[#93]. Rep 2013 No 111, Sch 1.3 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 106G | Ins 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 106H | Ins 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [4[#93]. Am 2016 No 55, Sch 1.10. |
| Sec 106I | Ins 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [4[#93]. Am 2013 No 111, Sch 1.3 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 106J | Ins 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Part 8, Div 4 (secs 106K-106R) | Ins 2010 No 108, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Part 9, Div 1 | Subst 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [21[#93]. |
| Sec 107 | Rep 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [20[#93]. Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [21[#93]. Am 2009 No 96, Sch 8 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 108 | Subst 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [21[#93]. Am 2006 No 2, Sch 4.18 [1[#93]; 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [6[#93]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.35 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 109 | Subst 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [21[#93]. |
| Sec 109A | Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [21[#93]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.18 [2[#93]. Ins 2015 No 58, Sch 3.35 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 109B | Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [21[#93]. |
| Sec 109C | Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [21[#93]. Am 2014 No 26, Sch 3.2 [3[#93] |
| Sec 109D | Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [21[#93]. |
| Sec 109E | Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [21[#93]. Am 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [7[#93]-[9[#93]. |
| Part 9, Div 2, heading | Subst 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [10[#93]. |
| Sec 110 | Subst 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [11[#93]. Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.35 [5[#93]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.24. |
| Sec 111 | Subst 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [11[#93]. |
| Secs 111A-111D | Ins 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [11[#93]. |
| Sec 113 | Subst 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [12[#93]. |
| Sec 113A | Ins 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [13[#93]. Am 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 114 | Am 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [14[#93]. |
| Part 9, Div 3A | Ins 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [15[#93]. |
| Sec 115A | Ins 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [15[#93]. Am 2009 No 96, Sch 8 [3[#93]; 2013 No 111, Sch 2.7 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2018 No 68, Sch 1.13 [1[#93]-[3[#93]. |
| Sec 115B | Ins 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [15[#93]. |
| Part 9, Div 5 | Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [22[#93]. |
| Sec 117A | Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [22[#93]. Am 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [16[#93]. |
| Sec 117B | Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [22[#93]. Subst 2018 No 70, Sch 3.25. |
| Sec 117C | Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [22[#93]. |
| Sec 117D | Ins 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 118 | Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2. |
| Sec 119 | Am 2010 No 108, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 120 | Am 2009 No 96, Sch 8 [3[#93]. Subst 2017 No 22, Sch 3.27. |
| Sec 122 | Am 2011 No 2, Sch 1.10. Subst 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [13[#93]. |
| Secs 122A, 122B | Ins 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [13[#93]. |
| Sec 128 | Am 2010 No 108, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
| Part 10A | Ins 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 133 | Rep 2005 No 98, Sch 1.10 [1[#93]. Ins 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Secs 133A-133E | Ins 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 133F | Ins 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [4[#93]. Am 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [6[#93]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.63 [11[#93] [12[#93]. |
| Sec 133G | Ins 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 133H | Ins 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [4[#93]. Am 2013 No 82, Sch 2.8. |
| Sec 134 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [23[#93]. |
| Sec 135 | Am 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 136A | Ins 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [24[#93]. Subst 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [17[#93]. Am 2010 No 127, Sch 4.6; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.35 [6[#93]. |
| Sec 137 | Am 2005 No 98, Sch 1.10 [2[#93]; 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [18[#93]. Rep 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [6[#93]. Ins 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2018 No 68, Sch 1.13 [4[#93]. Am 2022 No 59, Sch 1.17. |
| Secs 137A, 137B | Ins 2005 No 98, Sch 1.10 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 139 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [25[#93] [26[#93]; 2006 No 120, Sch 1.12 [2[#93]; 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [19[#93]-[21[#93]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.63 [13[#93]. |
| Sec 143 | Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3. |
| Sch 1 | Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3. |
| Sch 2 | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [27[#93] [28[#93]; 2007 No 47, Sch 1 [22[#93] [23[#93]; 2008 No 5, Sch 1 [7[#93] [8[#93]; 2009 No 96, Sch 8 [4[#93]; 2009 No 85, Sch 1 [8[#93] [9[#93]; 2010 No 108, Sch 1 [6[#93] [7[#93]. |
| The whole Act | Am 2004 No 16, Sch 1 [1[#93] ("regulatory authority" omitted wherever occurring, "Food Authority" inserted instead). |