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Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Recognised agencies, persons, and classes of persons - Miscellaneous matters

168: Notification to category or class of persons

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"Telling a group of people important information in a way that works for them"

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When a law says you must tell a group of people something, it must be done in certain ways. You can tell them by putting a notice in the Gazette, or by publishing it in major newspapers at least twice. You can also tell a person who represents the group, or the person who asked for the group to be recognised.

The message can be posted on the Ministry's website, or sent to all members of the group by post or email. There are other ways to tell the group too, as long as the chief executive thinks it will work.

The chief executive must think about what is being said and who it affects when deciding how to tell the group. They must consider how important the message is and what the group is like, including how big it is and where its members live.

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Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Recognised agencies, persons, and classes of persons: Miscellaneous matters

168Notification to category or class of persons

  1. If any matter is required to be notified to a category or class of persons or a recognised class under this subpart, it must be notified in 1 or more of the following ways:

  2. by notice in the Gazette:
    1. by publication in all major metropolitan daily newspapers on at least 2 occasions:
      1. by notifying a person who the chief executive is reasonably satisfied represents the category or class or is an appropriate person to receive a notification on behalf of the category or class:
        1. if there was an applicant for the recognition of the class, by notifying that applicant:
          1. by publication, either temporarily or permanently, on the Ministry’s public Internet site:
            1. by post or email to all members of the category or class:
              1. in any other manner that the chief executive is reasonably satisfied will ensure that the matter is sufficiently notified to the category or class.

                1. In deciding which methods of notification are most appropriate in any particular case, the chief executive must consider—

                2. the nature and significance of the matter required to be notified; and
                  1. the size and type of the category or class of persons and its characteristics, geographical spread, and degree of representation and organisation.