12Minister may give directions to Authority

##### 12 Minister may give directions to Authority (1) The Minister may give to the Authority such written directions in connection with carrying out or giving effect to the Authority’s powers and duties under this Act as the Minister thinks fit, and the Authority shall comply with any directions so given. (2) A direction under subsection (1) shall not deal with carrying out or giving effect to the powers of the Authority in relation to a particular consignment of goods or to like goods to goods in a particular consignment but shall deal instead with the general principles for carrying out or giving effect to the Authority’s powers. (3) Where the Minister gives a direction to the Authority, the Minister shall: (a) cause a written notice setting out particulars of the direction to be published in the Gazette as soon as practicable after giving the direction; and (b) cause a copy of that notice to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the publication of the notice in the Gazette. (4) A notice setting out particulars of a direction is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.