Queensland Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2006 - SECT 18

18 Meaning of on-site catering

(1)
"On-site catering" , in relation to a food business, means preparing and serving potentially hazardous food, to all consumers of the food at the premises from which the business is carried on, under an agreement under which the food is—

(a) of a predetermined type; and

(b) for a predetermined number of persons; and

(c) served at a predetermined time; and

(d) for a predetermined cost.

(2)
"On-site catering" does not include—

(a) preparing and serving food at an eating establishment; or

(b) merely preparing and displaying food for self-service by consumers.

Example for paragraph (b)—

preparing food for consumption from a buffet at a restaurant

(3) In this section—

"eating establishment" means a restaurant, cafe or similar food business that involves the preparation and service of food on the order of a person for immediate consumption by the person.