Food Act 2014

Risk-based measures - Food control plans - Amendments to food control plans

46: Operator may amend food control plan not based on official template or model

You could also call this:

"Changing a food control plan that's not based on a standard template"

If you have a food control plan that is not based on an official template or model, you can make changes to it. You must tell the registration authority about the changes in writing if they are not significant. The registration authority will decide if the changes are significant or not.

If the changes are significant, you must apply to have the updated plan registered. The registration authority might need to check the updated plan before they register it. They can also decide if the changes are so big that they consider it a new plan.

The person in charge can decide what changes are significant and must be treated that way, as stated in section 405. You will need to follow these rules when making changes to your food control plan. The registration authority will help you with the process.

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45: Operator may amend food control plan based on template or model issued under section 39 or approved under section 40, or

"You can change your food control plan if it's based on a template or model, and tell the authorities about it."

47: Sections 53 to 57, 59, and 60 apply to applications for registration of amended food control plans, or

"Rules for changing a food control plan come from sections 53 to 57, 59, and 60."

Part 2Risk-based measures
Food control plans: Amendments to food control plans

46Operator may amend food control plan not based on official template or model

An operator of a registered food control plan that is not based on an official template or model may amend the food control plan.
If the amendment to the food control plan is not a significant amendment, the operator must give written notice of the amendment to the appropriate registration authority for the plan.
If the amendment to the food control plan is a significant amendment, the operator must apply to the appropriate registration authority for the amended plan to be registered.
On receipt of an application under subsection (3), the appropriate registration authority may require the amended food control plan to be evaluated before registering the plan.
If the appropriate registration authority considers that the amendment to the food control plan is so extensive that it constitutes a new food control plan, the appropriate registration authority may treat the application for registration of the amended food control plan as an application for registration of a new food control plan.
For the purposes of this section, the chief executive may, by notice under section 405, specify what amendments to a food control plan must be treated as significant amendments.