This legislation has been repealed.
- As at 10 September 2003 - Act 231 of 1989 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART 1 - PRELIMINARY 1. Name of Act 2. Commencement 3. Definitions 4. Certain substances and compounds to be regarded as food 5. Certain transactions to be regarded as sales 6. Food for human consumption or use 7. Food or appliances offered as prizes etc 8. Adulteration or false description PART 2 - UNLAWFUL PRACTICES 9. Preparation or sale of adulterated or sub-standard food 10. Sale not complying with purchaser's demand 11. Tender or dispatch of food etc adulterated or falsely described 12. Sale of food wrongly packed 13. Food or food packages to be correctly labelled 14. False advertising of food PART 3 - INSPECTION AND ANALYSIS Division 1 - Inspectors' powers 15. Powers of entry and inspection 16. Power of seizure 17. Requiring of information 18. Search warrant Division 2 - Items seized by inspectors 19. Definition 20. Seized items 21. Return of seized item 22. Forfeiture of item 23. Cost of destruction or disposal of forfeited item 24. Return of forfeited item 25. Destruction of noxious material 26. Applications 27. Authorities entitled to answer the application 28. Order disallowing seizure 29. Ancillary orders 30. Adjournment pending hearing of other proceedings Division 3 - Procedure on taking samples 31. Owner of sample to be informed 32. Payment to be made or tendered 33. Procedure to be followed 34. Packaged food 35. Tendering of sample portion 36. Samples from vending machines 37. Submission of samples etc for analysis 38. Duty of inspector to obtain sample for analysis on request Division 4 - Analysis of samples 39. Analysis and certificates of analysis 40. Certificate of analysis to be evidence 41. Production of spare portion of sample 42. Copies of result of analyses 43. Analysis not to be referred to for trade purposes PART 4 - PARTICULAR POWERS OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL Division 1 - Orders controlling food production etc 44. Making of order 45. Nature of order 46. Manner of making orders 47. Reviews by Administrative Decisions Tribunal of Director-General's order 48. (Repealed) 49. Failure to comply with Director-General's directions Division 2 - Closure of dirty food stores etc 50. Definitions 51. Clean-up notice 52. Order for closure 53. Request for re-inspection 54. Contravention of order for closure 55. Scope of notices and orders 56. Review by Administrative Decisions Tribunal of order PART 5 - LEGAL PROCEDURES AND ENFORCEMENT 57. Prosecutions 58. Time limit for certain prosecutions 59. Assault on inspector 60. Obstruction of inspector in exercise of functions 61. Liability of person named on package 62. Interference with official marks, fastenings and seals 63. Presumptions 64. Publication of advertisements 65. Service of copy of analyst's certificate 66. Evidence of copies etc of records 67. Source of information or reports 68. Authenticity of notices etc of the Director-General 69. Copies of certain informations etc to be forwarded to Director-General 70. Warranties pleaded as a defence 71. Warrantor entitled to appear 72. False warranties 73. Liability of employers 74. Liability of employees and agents 75. Notice of defence 76. Offences by corporations PART 6 - ADMINISTRATION 77. Food Advisory Committee 78. Functions of the committee 79. Appointment and powers of inspectors 80. Control of council appointments 81. Appointment of Departmental and other analysts 82. Analysts of local authorities 83. Disqualification of analyst for contravention of Act etc 84. Costs of analysis 85. Liability of Minister and others 86. Inspectors etc not to disclose information relating to manufacturing processes and trade secrets PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS 87. The Crown bound by this Act 88. Relationship to other laws 89. Publication of names of offenders 90. Regulations PART 8 - REPEAL AND AMENDMENTS 91. Repeal of Pure Food Act 1908 No 31 92. Savings and transitional provisions 93. (Repealed) SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 3 Schedule 4 (Repealed)