FOOD ACT 1984 - SECT 38B Requirements for registration

FOOD ACT 1984 - SECT 38B

S. 38B(1) amended by No. 38/2020 s. 30(2).

    (1)     Before registering a food premises under this Act, the registration authority must—

        (a)     assess the application and determine to which class of food premises under section 19C the food premises belongs; and

        (b)     ensure the proprietor has complied with any provisions of section 38A applicable to that class of food premises; and

        (c)     inspect the premises.

    (2)     In addition, the registration authority must be satisfied—

        (a)     if the food safety program intended to be used for the premises is—

              (i)     a standard food safety program, that the correct template has been used to create the program; or

              (ii)     a QA food safety program, that a certificate has been issued under section 19DD; or

              (iii)     any other food safety program, that the food safety program—

    (A)     has been assessed as adequate by the registration authority; or

    (B)     has been certified by a food safety auditor as meeting the requirements of section 19D for the premises; and

        (b)     that all the relevant requirements of this Act with respect to the premises have been complied with.

S. 38C inserted by No. 42/2009 s. 20.