Queensland Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2006 - SECT 112

112 Application for approval of amendment

(1) This section applies to the holder of an accredited food safety program if—

(a) the holder proposes to change the way food is handled in the carrying on of the food business to which the program relates; and

(b) because of the proposed change—

(i) the program will no longer identify the food safety hazards of the food business; and

(ii) implementation of the program will no longer effectively control the food safety hazards.

(2) Before changing the way food is handled in the carrying on of the food business, the holder must—

(a) amend the food safety program to ensure—

(i) the program identifies the food safety hazards of the food business as proposed to be changed; and

(ii) implementation of the program will effectively control the food safety hazards of the food business as proposed to be changed; and

(b) apply under this section for approval of the amendment.

(3) The application must—

(a) be made to the local government that accredited the food safety program; and

(b) be accompanied by—

(i) the amended program; and

(ii) the fee, if any, for the application.

(4) The local government must consider the application and decide to approve, or refuse to approve, the amendment.

(5) The local government may approve the amendment only if satisfied—

(a) the amended program complies with section 98 ; and

(b) implementation of the amended program is reasonably likely to effectively control the food safety hazards of the food business to which the program relates.

(6) If the local government decides to refuse to approve the amendment, the local government must as soon as practicable give the applicant an information notice for the decision.

(7) If the local government decides to approve the amendment, the local government must—

(a) record on the food safety program that the amendment is approved; and

(b) give the program to the applicant; and

(c) keep a copy of the program.

(8) For this Act, the amended food safety program is taken to comply with section 98 from the day the holder of the program amends it until the local government decides the application.