Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FOOD STANDARDS AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND ACT 1991 - SECT 9

  (1)   Without prejudice to its effect apart from this section, this Act has effect for any or all of the following purposes:

  (a)   for purposes connected with fixing:

  (i)   the standard of food sold by corporations; or

  (ii)   standards in relation to activities undertaken by corporations in respect of food before, or in connection with, its sale, where, in the case of trading corporations, those activities are undertaken for the purpose of the trading activities of the corporations;

  (b)   for the purpose of ensuring, to the extent that the Constitution permits, that trade and commerce in food:

  (i)   between Australia and places outside Australia ; or

  (ii)   among the States;

    is carried on in an efficient and profitable manner;

  (c)   for purposes connected with the regulation of food and food standards in the Territories;

  (d)   for purposes connected with controlling the standards of all food supplied to the Commonwealth, its authorities and its instrumentalities;

  (e)   for purposes connected with the fixing of weights and measures in respect of food.

  (2)   In subsection   ( 1):

"corporation" means any corporation to which paragraph   51(xx) of the Constitution is applicable.

"trading corporation" means a trading corporation to which paragraph   51(xx) of the Constitution is applicable.