New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

FOOD PRODUCTION (SAFETY) ACT 1998

- As at 24 March 2004 
- Act 128 of 1998 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   3A.     Amendment of Schedule 2 (meaning of milk)
   4.      Extension of Act to animal food
   5.      Application of Act to retail premises and primary produce or seafood not intended for sale
   6.      Application of Food Act 2003
   7.      Notes

   PART 2 - SAFE FOOD PRODUCTION NSW

   8.      Constitution of Safe Food Production NSW
   9.      Functions of Safe Food
   10.     Ministerial control of Safe Food
   11.     Chief Executive Officer
   12.     Acting Chief Executive Officer
   13.     Staff of Safe Food
   14.     Authorised officers
   15.     Use of consultants and contractors
   15A.    Private corporations
   15B.    Funding of private subsidiary corporations
   15C.    Delegation to private subsidiary corporations

   PART 3 - SAFE FOOD PRODUCTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

   16.     Establishment of Safe Food Production Advisory Committee
   17.     Functions of Advisory Committee
   18.     Temporary members and subcommittees

   PART 4 - FOOD SAFETY SCHEMES

   19.     Regulations relating to establishment of food safety schemes
   20.     Consultation to be undertaken on regulations establishing food safety schemes
   21.     Offences relating to food safety schemes
   22.     Consultation on operation of food safety schemes

   PART 5 - ENFORCEMENT

           Division 1 - Inspection and analysis

   23.     Powers of authorised officers
   24.     Power of seizure
   25.     Search warrants
   26.     Directions of Safe Food relating to primary produce or seafood
   27.     Interfering with seized items
   28.     False information
   29.     Obstructing or impersonating authorised officers
   30.     Certificates of authority
   31.     Analysis of samples

           Division 2 - Items seized by authorised officers

   32.     Seized items
   33.     Return of seized item
   34.     Forfeiture of item
   35.     Cost of destruction or disposal of forfeited item
   36.     Return of forfeited item
   37.     Compensation to be paid in certain circumstances
   38.     Destruction of noxious material
   39.     Application for order disallowing seizure
   40.     Safe Food entitled to answer application
   41.     Order disallowing seizure
   42.     Ancillary orders
   43.     Adjournment pending hearing of other proceedings

           Division 3 - Orders controlling food production

   44.     Making of order
   45.     Nature of order
   46.     Manner of making orders
   47.     Review of order
   48.     Failure to comply with directions

           Division 4 - Improvement notices and prohibition orders for unfit premises

   49.     Improvement notice
   50.     Prohibition order
   51.     Request for re-inspection
   52.     Contravention of prohibition order
   53.     Scope of notices and orders
   54.     Review of decision to refuse certificate of clearance

   PART 6 - FINANCE

   55.     Safe Food Production Fund
   56.     Investment
   57.     Industry levies

   PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

   58.     Delegation
   59.     Authorised officers may perform functions under Commonwealth legislation
   60.     Protection from liability
   61.     Disclosure and misuse of information
   62.     Penalty notices
   63.     Proceedings for offences
   64.     Offences by corporations
   65.     Recovery of charges, fees and other money
   66.     Evidence
   67.     Act to bind Crown
   68.     Annual report
   69.     Exemptions
   70.     Regulations
   71.     (Repealed)
   72.     Savings, transitional and other provisions
   73.     Review of Act
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           Schedule 4 (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 5