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National Food Authority Amendment Act 1995

No. 152 of 1995

CONTENTS
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Schedules

SCHEDULE 1

AMENDMENTS OF THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY ACT 1991

SCHEDULE 2

AMENDMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS ACT 1994

AMENDMENTS OF THE IMPORTED FOOD CONTROL ACT 1992

National Food Authority Amendment Act 1995

No. 152 of 1995

An Act to amend the National Food Authority Act 1991, and for related purposes

[Assented to 16 December 1995]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the National Food Authority Amendment Act 1995.

Commencement

2.(1) Sections 1 and 2 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) The remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

(3) If the commencement of the provisions referred to in subsection (2) is not fixed by a Proclamation published in the Gazette within the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, this Act is repealed on the first day after the end of that period.

Schedules

3. The Acts specified in the Schedules are amended in accordance with those Schedules.

SCHEDULE 1 Section 3

AMENDMENTS OF THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY ACT 1991

1. Title:

Omit "to establish a National Food Authority", substitute "establishing an Australia New Zealand Food Authority".

2. Section 1:

Omit "National", substitute "Australia New Zealand".

3. Subsection 3(1) (paragraph (e) of the definition of appropriate government agency):

Omit "the" (first occurring), substitute "a".

4. Subsection 3(1) (definition of appropriate government agency):

Add at the end:

    "or (f) the Department of State of New Zealand that is primarily responsible for public health; or

    (g) a New Zealand authority that is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.".

5. Subsection 3(1) (definition of Council):

Add at the end:

    "or (c) if that Council is, or has been, reconstituted and continued in existence under the name Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council by agreement between the Commonwealth, the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory—that Council as so reconstituted and continued in existence.".

6. Subsection 3(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of standard):

Before "Food Standards Code" insert "Australia New Zealand".

7. Subsection 3(1) (definition of Food Advisory Committee):

Omit the definition, substitute:

"Food Advisory Committee means the Australia New Zealand Food Authority Advisory Committee continued in existence under section 42.".

8. Subsection 3(1) (definition of Food Standards Code):

Omit the definition.

9. Subsection 3(1):

Insert the following definitions:

SCHEDULE 1—continued

"Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code means the code published under the name 'Food Standards Code' in the Gazette on 27 August 1987 together with any