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Food Act 2014

Risk-based measures - National programmes - Suspension of operations of registered food business under national programme

92: Voluntary suspension

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"Stopping your food business for a while by choice"

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If you run a registered food business under a national programme and you want to stop all operations, you must follow the rules in clause 7 of Schedule 4. You have to stop operations for at least 3 months. You can choose to stop for longer than 3 months, but you can't stop for more than 12 months.

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Part 2Risk-based measures
National programmes: Suspension of operations of registered food business under national programme

92Voluntary suspension

  1. If the operator of a registered food business that is subject to a national programme wishes to suspend all operations of the food business under the national programme, the operator must suspend those operations in accordance with clause 7 of Schedule 4.

  2. The suspension must be for a period of at least 3 months, but the operator may extend the period of suspension.

  3. The maximum period of suspension under this section is 12 months.