(1) For the purposes of this Act, a food safety supervisor for premises is a
person who--
(a) holds a food safety supervisor certificate that has been
issued within the immediately preceding period of 5 years, and
(b) does not
hold the position of food safety supervisor for any other premises or for a
mobile catering business, and
(c) has the authority to supervise other
persons handling food at, or from, the premises and to ensure that the
handling is done safely.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a food safety
supervisor for a mobile catering business is a person who--
(a) holds a food
safety supervisor certificate that has been issued within the immediately
preceding period of 5 years, and
(b) does not hold the position of food
safety supervisor for any other such business or for the premises of any other
food business, and
(c) has the authority to supervise other persons handling
food in the course of the carrying on of the business and to ensure that the
handling is done safely.
(3) A food safety supervisor certificate is a
certificate stating that the person to whom it is issued is qualified to hold
the position of a food safety supervisor for the purposes of this Act and that
has been issued in accordance with the regulations by an approved training
organisation or by another person or body prescribed by the regulations.
(4)
The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the issuing of food
safety supervisor certificates, including the qualifications that a person
must have to be issued with a food safety supervisor certificate.
(5) Without
limiting subsection (4), any such regulation may provide for the
Food Authority to determine those qualifications or any aspect of those
qualifications.
(6) In making a determination in relation to qualifications,
the Food Authority is to be satisfied that a person holding those
qualifications will know how to recognise, prevent and alleviate the hazards
associated with the handling of food.
(7) Nothing in this Division prevents--
(a) the proprietor of a food business from holding the position of food safety
supervisor for premises so long as the proprietor complies with the
requirements of subsection (1), or
(b) the proprietor of a mobile catering
business from holding the position of food safety supervisor for the business
so long as the proprietor complies with the requirements of subsection (2), or
(c) more than one person holding the position of food safety supervisor in
respect of particular premises or a mobile catering business.
