Part 1Preliminary provisions
Regulatory roles: Outline of regulatory roles under this Act
18Role of chief executive
The chief executive has the functions, duties, and powers given to him or her under this Act.
The chief executive has a role in the food safety regime that includes, without limitation,—
- providing advice to territorial authorities on the performance of their functions and duties, or the exercise of their powers, under this Act to ensure that the purpose of this Act is achieved; and
- providing information to the food industry and the public on matters relating to the safety and suitability of food; and
- implementing, managing, monitoring, and auditing the risk-based measures for the safety and suitability of food; and
- performing the function of a registration authority; and
- for the safety and suitability of food, developing standards and implementing those standards, any adopted joint food standards, and any domestic food standards; and
- establishing and monitoring national outcomes, performance criteria, standards, and other requirements that must be met by territorial authorities, agencies, and persons who perform functions or duties, and exercise powers, under this Act; and
- implementing, managing, and monitoring the food safety regime for imported food; and
- dealing with applications for registration by importers; and
- establishing and maintaining the public registers; and
- monitoring compliance with the applicable requirements of this Act; and
- undertaking contingency planning for incidents that may affect the safety and suitability of food; and
- monitoring and implementing the enforcement system under this Act and working collaboratively with territorial authorities and other regulatory bodies; and
- co-ordinating the response to emergencies that may undermine the purpose of this Act; and
- conducting, on application, reviews of certain decisions made by relevant territorial authorities or designating the persons to conduct those reviews; and
- conducting, on application, reviews of certain decisions made by persons acting under his or her delegated authority; and
- carrying out any functions that are incidental and related to, or consequential upon, the roles set out in paragraphs (a) to (n).
Notes
- Section 18(2)(ja): inserted, on , by section 5 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).