Part 6AGeneral obligations
Verification
77FRegulations relating to verification
The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations prescribing requirements in relation to verification of any or all of the following:
- risk management programmes:
- regulated control schemes:
- animal material or animal products for whose export an official assurance is required:
- compliance by regulated persons with requirements imposed by or under this Act.
The regulations may (without limitation) do any or all of the following:
- in relation to verification of risk management programmes or regulated control schemes, specify the operations, or the parts of the operations, that must be verified:
- set requirements relating to the frequency, intensity, and cost of verification:
- specify matters in relation to verification that must be included in risk management programmes (see section 17):
- set out matters relating to the rights of verifiers and verifying agencies in relation to the undertaking of verification activities:
- set reporting requirements for verifiers (see section 112H):
- set out requirements relating to the exercise, carrying out, and managing of verification functions and activities (see sections 112G and 112H).
Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).
Notes
- Section 77F: inserted, on , by section 121 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
- Section 77F(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).