Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00526:section:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00526
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7
Character Range: 14432–16095

7  Food to which Act applies
 (1) This Act applies to all food imported into Australia other than:
 (aa) food that is imported from New Zealand and is of a kind that is specified by the regulations to be food to which this Act does not apply; or
 (a) prohibited food; or
 (b) food that is imported for private consumption; or
 (c) food that is ship's stores or aircraft's stores, within the meaning of section 130C of the Customs Act; or
 (d) food that is imported as a trade sample.
 (2) Food of a particular kind is taken to have been imported for private consumption if it has not been imported as a trade sample and:
 (a) as to food that is in liquid form—if it has a volume of less than 10 litres or such lesser volume (if any) as is prescribed in the regulations in respect of food of that kind; or
 (b) as to food that is not in liquid form—if it has a weight of less than 10 kilograms or such lesser weight (if any) as is prescribed in the regulations in respect of food of that kind.
 (3) Food of a particular kind is imported as a trade sample if:
 (a) the food is imported for the purposes of scientific or commercial evaluation; and
 (b) the food is not imported for consumption by any person (except a person carrying out the scientific or commercial evaluation); and
 (c) the food is:
 (i) in liquid form and has a volume of less than 20 litres or such lesser volume (if any) as is prescribed by the regulations in respect of food of that kind; or
 (ii) not in liquid form and has a weight of 20 kilograms or such lesser weight (if any) as is prescribed by the regulations in respect of food of that kind.

Part 2—Control

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