FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 81 Approval of persons to carry out analyses

FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 81

81 Approval of persons to carry out analyses

(1) The Food Authority may approve natural persons for the purposes of carrying out analyses under this Act.

(2) A natural person may make an application, in the approved form, to the Food Authority for an approval under this Division.

(3) The application is to be accompanied by--

(a) such information as the Food Authority requires to determine the application, and

(b) the fee, if any, prescribed by the regulations.

(4) The Food Authority may, after considering an application for approval--

(a) grant the application, with or without conditions, or

(b) refuse the application.

(5) If the Food Authority grants an application for approval, it must issue the applicant with a written approval that sets out the conditions to which the approval is subject.

(6) If the Food Authority refuses an application for approval, the Food Authority must give notice of the refusal in writing to the applicant setting out the reasons for the refusal.