Application for approvalApplication for approval

Application for approval

11.1 A person who is or is to be the occupier may apply to the Secretary for approval of an arrangement for the preparation of milk and milk products for export.

Note A person includes a body politic as well as a natural person, see paragraph 22 (1) (a) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. (See also section 13 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.)

11.2 The arrangement for which approval is sought must:

(a) accompany the application; or

(b) be made available for evaluation by the Secretary.

Assessment of application and Secretary’s decision

12.1 For the purposes of assessing the application the Secretary must:

(a) evaluate the arrangement in a desk audit; and

(b) conduct an inspection of the establishment, facilities, equipment and services to be used in the operations.

12.2 The Secretary may in order to consider the application request any of the following that the Secretary reasonably requires:

(a) further information or documents of the kind specified by the Secretary;

(b) a demonstration of the operations and procedures to be followed;

(c) the applicant’s consent to the use (at the applicant’s expense) of an appropriately qualified person nominated by the Secretary in any inspection, evaluation or demonstration.