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FOOD AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2002 (2002 NO 14)
2002
THE LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
TERRITORY
FOOD AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2002
EXPLANATORY
STATEMENT
Circulated by authority
of
Jon Stanhope MLA
Minister for
Health
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
FOOD
AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2002
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
The purpose of the Food Amendment Regulations 2002 is to
modify the Food Regulations 2002 that in turn modify the transitional provisions
of the Food Act 2001 in accordance with S.156. S.156 provides that
regulations can be made to modify the operation of the transitional provisions
of the Act.
In 2001 the Legislative Assembly passed the Food Act
2001 (the new Act). The new Act, which commenced on 10 March 2002,
prescribes, among other things, the registration of food businesses.
The
previous Food Act 1992 licensed food businesses whereas the new act
requires registration. The current transitional arrangement provides that
businesses licensed under the previous Act are considered as registered under
the new Act only until 10 June 2002. After this time they are considered to be
unregistered and so operating illegally.
The aim of these Regulations is
to allow the food business to be taken as registered until the day when the
licence, issued under the previous Act, would have expired if the new Act had
not commenced.
A Regulatory Impact Statement is not considered necessary
because the amendment merely extends the existing transitional arrangement until
the date at which the businesses licence would normally have expired.
The
regulations commence on 11 June 2002 and expire on 10 March 2003.