FOOD ACT 1984 - SECT 38F Change in operation of registered food premises

FOOD ACT 1984 - SECT 38F

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a food premises has been registered or the registration of the food premises has been renewed; and

        (b)     a change to the operation of the food premises occurs after the premises is registered or its registration is renewed.

    (2)     If the proprietor of the food premises knows that, as result of the change, the premises falls within a higher risk classification, the proprietor must notify the registration authority of the change within 14 days of it occurring.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

Note to s. 38F(2) substituted as Notes by

No. 13/2013 s. 24(11).

Notes

1     Whether a food premises falls within a higher risk classification is determined in the context of any system used by the Secretary in declaring the classes of food premises under section 19C.

2     Section 51B applies to an offence against this subsection.

    (3)     If the classification of the food premises has changed as a result, the registration authority—

        (a)     must note the change to the classification on the certificate of registration of the food premises; and

        (b)     may require the proprietor of the food premises to comply with any requirements of this Act that would apply if the proprietor were applying for registration of the food premises under the new classification.

S. 38G inserted by No. 38/2020 s. 32.