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FOOD PRODUCTION (SAFETY) ACT 2000 - SECT 68

68 Amendment, suspension or cancellation--procedure

(1) Before amending, suspending or cancelling an approval, Safe Food must give the holder of the approval a written notice inviting the holder to show why the approval should not be amended, suspended or cancelled (the proposed action).

(2) The notice must state the following--

(a) the proposed action;
(b) the grounds for the proposed action;
(c) the facts and circumstances that are the basis for the grounds;
(d) if the proposed action is suspension of the approval, the proposed suspension period;
(e) if the proposed action is to amend the approval, the proposed amendment;
(f) that representations may be made about the notice;
(g) how the representations may be made;
(h) where the representations may be made or sent;
(i) a day and time for making the representations or a period within which the representations must be made.

(3) The stated day or period must be, or must end, at least 28 days after the notice is given.

(4) If, after considering all representations made within the stated period, the chief executive officer still considers the proposed action should be taken, Safe Food may--

(a) if the proposed action is to amend the approval--amend the approval; and
(b) if the proposed action is to suspend the approval--suspend the approval for no longer than the proposed suspension period; and
(c) if the proposed action is to cancel the approval--cancel the approval or suspend it for a period.

(5) This subsection does not apply if an approval is amended under section 66(a).



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