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Food Act 2014

Miscellaneous provisions - Regulations - Regulations about core provisions

384: Regulations and notices about risk-based measures and related matters

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"Rules to keep food safe in New Zealand"

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The Governor-General can make rules about food safety on the Minister's advice. You need to know that these rules can be about plans to keep food safe. The Minister must talk to people before making these rules, as stated in section 379.

The chief executive can add to these rules by giving a notice, as stated in section 405. You can find out more about what this means by looking at the Legislation Act 2019. The rules and notices are types of secondary legislation.

The Governor-General's rules and the chief executive's notices are important for food safety. You can learn more about how they work together by reading the law. The law says what the Governor-General and the chief executive can do to keep food safe.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Regulations: Regulations about core provisions

384Regulations and notices about risk-based measures and related matters

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations relating to all or any of the following:

  2. wine standards management plans or risk management programmes intended to operate as food control plans:
    1. the territorial authorities’ role in registering food control plans:
      1. the chief executive’s role in registering food control plans.

        1. Before recommending the making of regulations under this section, the Minister must be satisfied that there has been appropriate consultation on the regulations in accordance with section 379.

        2. The chief executive may, by notice under section 405, supplement regulations made under this section.

        3. The following are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements):

        4. regulations under this section:
          1. a notice issued under section 405 in reliance on subsection (3).

            Notes
            • Section 384 heading: amended, on , by section 37(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
            • Section 384(3): inserted, on , by section 37(2) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
            • Section 384(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).