Food Act 2014

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

169: Means of consultation

You could also call this:

"How the chief executive talks to you about important things and listens to your thoughts."

When the chief executive needs to talk to you or a group of people about something, they must tell you what it's about. They can do this by giving you a written notice or by following the rules in section 168. The chief executive must give you a fair chance to write down your thoughts about the matter. They might also give you a chance to talk to them in person about it, if they say so in the notice. The chief executive has to think about what you say when you give them your thoughts on the matter.

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168: Notification to category or class of persons, or

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

170: Chief executive may require notification of termination of contracts, or

"The boss of a food safety team can ask to be told when a contract to check food safety ends."

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

169Means of consultation

If the chief executive is required to consult a person or a category or class of persons under this subpart, the chief executive must—
notify the person or persons of the matter to be consulted on (the matter) by, as applicable,—
1. giving the person written notice; or
2. notifying the category or class of persons in accordance with section 168; and
give all persons who are notified of the matter a reasonable opportunity to make a written submission on the matter; and
if provided for in the notice (at the discretion of the chief executive), give all persons who are notified of the matter a reasonable opportunity to make an oral submission on the matter; and
consider any submissions that he or she receives on the matter from any person who was notified of the matter.