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Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Powers and enforcement - Directions by chief executive

286: Give directions to publish statement

You could also call this:

"The boss of a government department can order someone to publish a warning to keep people safe."

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The chief executive can tell certain people to publish a statement to keep the public safe. This statement is to protect the public and the chief executive decides what it says. The chief executive can say what the statement must include, such as what the problem is.

The chief executive can also decide how the problem will be fixed and how it will be stopped from happening again. They can even choose the exact words to use in the statement. The chief executive gets to decide who publishes the statement, where it is published, and when it is published.

If you publish a statement as told by the chief executive under this rule, you are protected by something called absolute privilege, which is a special kind of protection. The chief executive gives these directions to the people described in section 280. You must follow the chief executive's directions when publishing the statement.

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Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Powers and enforcement: Directions by chief executive

286Give directions to publish statement

  1. The chief executive may give a direction described in subsection (2) to the persons described in section 280.

  2. The direction must be about publishing a statement for the purpose of protecting the public.

  3. The chief executive may specify that the statement must include all or any of the following:

  4. the nature of the problem:
    1. the remedy that the person will provide:
      1. the way in which the person will prevent the problem arising in future.

        1. The chief executive may specify the actual words to be used in the statement or any part of it.

        2. The chief executive may specify all or any of the following:

        3. who must publish the statement:
          1. where the statement must be published:
            1. the date on which the statement must be published.

              1. Statements published under this section are protected by absolute privilege.