Part 11Miscellaneous provisions
Regulations, notices, etc
166AScope of regulations
Regulations made under this Act may do any or all of the following:
- authorise the Minister or Director-General to—
- impose requirements, conditions, restrictions, or prohibitions:
- issue approvals, directions, instructions, or orders:
- impose requirements, conditions, restrictions, or prohibitions:
- authorise an animal product officer or official assessor to—
- impose requirements, conditions, restrictions, or prohibitions:
- issue directions or instructions:
- impose requirements, conditions, restrictions, or prohibitions:
- exempt, or authorise the Minister or Director-General to exempt, any animal material, animal product, person, place, business, process, operation, activity, or other matter or thing from any provision of the regulations:
- authorise the Minister, the Director-General, or an animal product officer to decide a matter:
- confer any other discretion on the Minister, the Director-General, or an animal product officer.
The regulations may—
- apply generally, or in relation to any specified, or specified class of, animal materials, animal products, persons, places, businesses, processes, operations, activities, or other matters or things:
- make the same provision for all cases or different provisions for different cases or classes of case.
If a provision of this Act permits regulations to prescribe requirements, the regulations may prescribe requirements, specifications, criteria, procedures, conditions, or other matters of a similar kind.
If regulations under this Act authorise a person to exercise any of the powers described in subsection (1)—
- the instrument by which the power is exercised is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements), unless the instrument applies only to 1 or more named persons; and
- the regulations must contain a statement to that effect.
Notes
- Section 166A: inserted, on , by section 164 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
- Section 166A(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
- Section 166A(4): amended, on , by regulation 15 of the Legislation Act (Amendments to Legislation) Regulations 2021 (LI 2021/247).