Part 5Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Amendments to search and seizure powers in other enactments (and to related provisions) used for law enforcement purposes or for law enforcement and regulatory purposes: Amendments to Food Act 1981
253Amendments to Food Act 1981
This section amends the Food Act 1981.
Section 12 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):
Subject to sections 14 and 16, the provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (except subparts 2 and 3, sections 118, 119, 125(4), 131(5)(f), and 133, and subparts 6 and 8) apply in respect of any seizure and detention under subsection (2)(i) or (j).
Section 13 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1):
Subject to sections 14 and 16, the provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (except subparts 2 and 3, sections 118, 119, 125(4), 131(5)(f), and 133, and subparts 6 and 8) apply in respect of any seizure and detention under subsection (1)(d).
Section 14(4)(a) is amended by omitting employed by the Ministry.
Section 15A is amended by omitting section 198 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 and substituting section 6 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.
Section 15A is amended by adding the following subsection as subsection (2):
An officer who is authorised in writing by the Director-General to apply for search warrants in relation to the offences referred to in subsection (1) may apply for such a warrant under section 6 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 as if that officer were a constable.