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Food Act 2014

Miscellaneous provisions - Food standards - Adopted joint food standards

401: Minister must not delegate power to adopt joint food standards

You could also call this:

"The Minister is in charge of adopting joint food standards and can't pass this job to someone else."

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The Minister cannot give someone else the power to adopt joint food standards, even if clause 5 of Schedule 6 of the Public Service Act 2020 says they can. This is because the Minister has a special power under section 397 to adopt these standards. You need to know that this power is just for the Minister.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Food standards: Adopted joint food standards

401Minister must not delegate power to adopt joint food standards

  1. Despite clause 5 of Schedule 6 of the Public Service Act 2020, the Minister must not delegate to any other person the power under section 397 to adopt joint food standards.

Notes
  • Section 401: amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).