Part 1Preliminary provisions
Interpretation: Meaning of food business
10Meaning of food business
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, food business—
- means a business, activity, or undertaking that trades in food (whether in whole or in part); and
- includes a business, activity, or undertaking that—
- sells food on the Internet; or
- is declared by the Governor-General, by Order in Council made under section 393, to be a food business for the purposes of this Act; but
- sells food on the Internet; or
- does not include a business, activity, or undertaking—
- merely because it carries on a business other than trading in food and, in the course of doing so, acts as an intermediary between persons who trade in food by providing, for reward, a place (including mobile premises) or services (for example, an Internet service provider or an auction site on the Internet); or
- that is declared by the Governor-General, by Order in Council made under section 393, not to be a food business for the purposes of this Act.
- merely because it carries on a business other than trading in food and, in the course of doing so, acts as an intermediary between persons who trade in food by providing, for reward, a place (including mobile premises) or services (for example, an Internet service provider or an auction site on the Internet); or