Food Act 2014

Miscellaneous provisions - Information and consultation requirements - Automated electronic systems

375: Effect of use of system

You could also call this:

"Using a computer system to follow the Food Act 2014 rules is okay if it does things correctly."

When you use an automated electronic system to do something allowed or required by the Food Act 2014, it is treated as if you did it properly. You are considered to have done the action correctly if the system does it, and it is not invalid just because a system did it. The system's action must follow the rules in the Act.

If another law allows or requires you to do something and you use an automated electronic system, the action is treated as if you did it properly if it follows the rules in that law. The action is not invalid just because the system did it, as long as it follows the rules. You can find more information about who is responsible in section 374(3).

If the system makes a mistake that is obvious, the person responsible can still do the action. This person is referred to in section 374(3). They can fix the mistake made by the system.

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374: Arrangement for system, or

"Setting up a computer system to help make food safety decisions"

376: Notification to Minister, chief executive, territorial authority, or food safety officer, or

"Telling important people about food safety information"

Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Information and consultation requirements: Automated electronic systems

375Effect of use of system

This section applies to an action done by an automated electronic system.
An action allowed or required by this Act done by the system—
is treated as an action done properly by the appropriate person referred to in section 374(3); and
is not invalid by virtue only of the fact that it is done by the system.

If an action allowed or required by another enactment done by the system is done in accordance with any applicable provisions in the enactment on the use of an automated electronic system, the action—
is treated as an action done properly by the appropriate person referred to in section 374(3); and
is not invalid by virtue only of the fact that it is done by the system.

If the system operates in such a way as to render the action done or partly done by the system clearly wrong, the action may be done by the appropriate person referred to in section 374(3).