FOOD ACT 1984 - SECT 43 Records of registration

FOOD ACT 1984 - SECT 43

S. 43(1) amended by No. 38/2020 s. 40.

    (1)     Each registration authority must maintain records of the prescribed particulars for all registrations and renewals of registration made by the registration authority under this Act.

    (2)     The records must also—

        (a)     in the case of the registration of a food premises, include the details of any order in force under Part III that includes a direction referred to in section 19(3)(a) or (b) in relation to the food premises;

        (b)     in the case of the registration of a food vending machine, include the details of any order in force under Part III that includes a direction referred to in section 19A(3)(a)(i) in relation to the food vending machine;

        (c)     if either paragraph (a) or (b) applies, note any appeal made under section 19BA against the order.

    (3)     If a person requests information held in the records in relation to a particular food premises, the registration authority must make that information available to the person free of charge.

    (4)     For the purposes of subsection (3), the records includes any book, database or other record kept by the registration authority before the commencement of section 26 of the Food Amendment (Regulation Reform) Act 2009 for the purposes of recording the particulars of registrations made by the registration authority.

S. 43A inserted by No. 98/1997 s. 33.