Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00524:section:59
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00524
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 59
Character Range: 79862–80819

59  Assessing a proposal
 (1) Subject to section 56, if the Authority prepares a proposal, the Authority must assess the proposal.
Note: Section 56 allows the Authority to abandon a proposal.
 (2) In assessing the proposal, the Authority must have regard to the following matters:
 (a) whether costs that would arise from a food regulatory measure developed or varied as a result of the proposal outweigh the direct and indirect benefits to the community, Government or industry that would arise from the development or variation of the food regulatory measure;
 (b) whether other measures (available to the Authority or not) would be more cost‑effective than a food regulatory measure developed or varied as a result of the proposal;
 (c) any relevant New Zealand standards;
 (d) any other relevant matters.
Note: See also section 18, which sets out the objectives of the Authority in developing food regulatory measures and variations of those measures.