New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FOOD REGULATION 2004 - REG 5

5 Notifications of food handling operations

(1) Expressions used in this clause have the same meaning as in Standard 3.1.1 of the Food Standards Code.

(2) The Director-General may make an arrangement with a local council for the council to accept notifications under clause 4 of Standard 3.2.2 of the Food Standards Code on behalf of the Director-General and forward those notifications to the Director-General.

(3) A local council that performs the service of accepting and forwarding a notification under subclause (2) may charge a fee for that service not exceeding the following:

(a) if the notification relates to 5 food premises or less-$50,

(b) if the notification relates to more than 5 food premises-$10 per premises.

(4) A notification under clause 4 of Standard 3.2.2 of the Food Standards Code may be made:

(a) in a written form-directly to the Director-General or to the Director-General through a local council (under an arrangement made in accordance with subclause (2)), or

(b) in an electronic form by way of the Internet-directly to the Director-General.

(5) A notification that is made in a written form directly to the Director-General must be accompanied by a processing fee of:

(a) if the notification relates to 5 food premises or less-$50, and

(b) if the notification relates to more than 5 food premises-$10 per premises.

(6) A notification under clause 4 of Standard 3.2.2 of the Food Standards Code is not duly made unless it is accompanied by any fee that is required under this clause.