53Application for registration: form and content

1. An application for registration must—

2. be made in writing in a form or manner approved by the appropriate registration authority; and
3. include the information described in subsection (2) or, as the case may be, subsection (3); and
4. be accompanied by the fee (if any) that is prescribed or set under section 204 or 205.

5. For a food control plan that is based on an official template or model, the information referred to in subsection (1)(b) is—

6. the information required under section 42(a) to (e) that provides a comprehensive and accurate representation of all the requirements of those paragraphs; and
7. the reference number of the official template or model; and
8. confirmation of the operator’s verifier or verification agency.

9. For a food control plan that is not based on an official template or model, the information referred to in subsection (1)(b) is—

10. either of the following:
    1. the information required under section 42(a) to (e) and (h)(ii) that provides a comprehensive and accurate representation of all the requirements of those paragraphs and a list of the contents of the food control plan:
    2. a copy of the entire food control plan; and
11. unless waived under subsection (4), a report of an independent evaluation, carried out not more than 6 months before the date of the application for registration, of the validity of the food control plan in terms of sections 41 and 42; and
12. confirmation of the verifier or verification agency that will carry out verification functions in respect of the plan.

13. The chief executive may waive the requirement to provide an independent evaluation of the validity of a food control plan—

14. on a case-by-case basis; or
15. by notice under section 405.

16. A notice issued under section 405 in reliance on subsection (4)(b) is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements), unless the notice applies only to 1 or more specified businesses.