Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2023 (Tas)

Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2023

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011 .

19 December 2023

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

JO PALMER

Minister for Primary Industries and Water

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2023 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011 .

4. Application fee for food safety auditors For the purposes of section 58(6)(b) of the Act, the prescribed fee for an application for approval to be a food safety auditor is 175 fee units.

5. Infringement notices For the purposes of section 53 of the Act – (a) an offence against a provision of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 is prescribed as an offence for which an infringement notice may be served; and (b) a penalty specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 is prescribed as the penalty for a natural person for the corresponding offence specified in column 1 of the table; and (c) a penalty specified in column 3 of the table in Schedule 1 is prescribed as the penalty for a body corporate for the corresponding offence specified in column 1 of the table.

6. Legislation rescinded The legislation specified in Schedule 2 is rescinded.

SCHEDULE 1 - Infringement Notice Offences

Regulation 5

Provision of Act Penalty – Individual (Penalty units) Penalty – Body corporate (Penalty units) 1. Section 15(3) 5 10 2. Section 27 5 10 3. Section 28 4 8 4. Section 29 5 10 5. Section 30(2) 1 5 6. Section 31 5 10 7. Section 39 5 10 8. Section 40 5 10 9. Section 41 5 10 10. Section 42(1) 5 10 11. Section 42(2) 5 - 12. Section 43 5 5 13. Section 44(2) 5 10 14. Section 49(5) 5 10 15. Section 50(12) 5 10 16. Section 54(3) 5 10 17. Section 68(1) 5 10 18. Section 68(2) 5 - 19. Section 69 5 5 20. Section 84 2 5