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Food Act 2014

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390: Regulations and notices about information

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"Rules about collecting and sharing food information"

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The Governor-General can make rules about what information people must collect about food. You must collect information about food or things related to food. The Governor-General can also make rules about how long you must keep this information and who you must tell about it.

The Governor-General can make rules about public registers, which are like lists of information that everyone can see. You can find out how these registers are kept and what information they contain. The Minister must make sure people have been asked about these rules before they are made.

The chief executive can give notices about what information you must collect and how you must report it. They can also add to the rules made by the Governor-General. These rules and notices are a type of law called secondary legislation, which you can read about in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

The Governor-General and the chief executive can make these rules and give these notices to help keep people safe. They must follow certain steps to make sure these rules and notices are fair and reasonable. You can find out more about these rules and notices by reading the Legislation Act 2019 and section 405 of this Act.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Regulations: Regulations about core provisions

390Regulations and notices about information

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations setting requirements for all or any of the following for a person or a class of persons:

  2. the information that the person or class of persons must collect about food or a food-related accessory:
    1. the periods for which the person or class of persons must keep the information:
      1. how, when, and to whom the person or class of persons must report on the information.

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

        2. the keeping of public registers under this Act:
          1. how the public registers are to be maintained:
            1. the details to be included in the public registers.

              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,—

              3. set requirements for all or any of the matters described in subsection (1)(a) to (c):
                1. set requirements for all or any of the matters described in subsection (2)(a) to (c):
                  1. supplement regulations made under this section.

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

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

                        Notes
                        • Section 390 heading: amended, on , by section 42(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
                        • Section 390(4): inserted, on , by section 42(2) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
                        • Section 390(5): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).