Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01237:clause:1_37
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01237
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 37
Character Range: 9412–11610

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 (3) If any policy guidelines formulated by the Council for the purposes of paragraph (2)(e) are notified to the Authority, the Authority must publish the guidelines on the Internet.

 (3A) Policy guidelines formulated by the Council for the purposes of paragraph (2)(e) must not be inconsistent with the objectives set out in subsection (1).

 (4) Where the Authority considers that the best available scientific evidence referred to in paragraph (2)(a) is insufficient, the Authority may provisionally adopt sanitary or phytosanitary measures on the basis of available pertinent scientific information. In such cases, the Authority must take all reasonable steps to obtain the information necessary for a more objective risk analysis and a review of the sanitary and phytosanitary measures, to be undertaken within a reasonable period of time.

 (5) For the purposes of this section, a sanitary or phytosanitary measure means any measure applied:
 (a) to protect animal or plant life or health from risks arising from the entry, establishment or spread of pests, diseases, disease-carrying organisms or disease-causing organisms; or
 (b) to protect human or animal life or health from risks arising from additives, contaminants, toxins or disease-causing organisms in foods, beverages or feedstuffs; or
 (c) to protect human life or health from risks arising from diseases carried by animals, plants or products thereof, or from the entry, establishment or spread of pests; or
 (d) to prevent or limit other damage from the entry, establishment or spread of pests;
and includes:
 (e) any relevant law, decree, regulation, requirement or procedure, including end product criteria; and
 (f) processes and production methods; and
 (g) testing, inspection, certification and approval procedures; and
 (h) quarantine treatments including relevant requirements associated with the transport of animals or plants, or with the materials necessary for their survival during transport; and
 (i) provisions on relevant statistical methods, sampling procedures and methods of risk assessment; and
 (j) packaging and labelling requirements directly related to food safety.