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Food Act 2014

Food imported for purpose of sale - Suspension of registered importer’s operations

124: Voluntary suspension

You could also call this:

"Stopping your food business for a while by choice"

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If you are a registered importer, you can stop all your operations at any time. You must follow the rules in clause 7 of Schedule 4 when you do this. The rules say you have to stop for at least 3 months, but you can ask the chief executive if you can stop for a shorter time.

You can choose to stop for a longer time, up to 12 months, if you want to. The chief executive might let you stop for less than 3 months if you ask them. You can extend your stop time, but only up to 12 months in total.

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Part 3Food imported for purpose of sale
Suspension of registered importer’s operations

124Voluntary suspension

  1. A registered importer may, at any time, suspend all of the importer’s operations in accordance with clause 7 of Schedule 4.

  2. The suspension must be for a period of at least 3 months, unless the chief executive approves a period of suspension shorter than 3 months.

  3. The registered importer may extend the period of suspension up to a maximum period of 12 months.