35Registration authority

35 Registration authority

(1) The registration authority for a food premises is—

(a) the council of the municipal district in which the premises is located; or

(b) if the premises is on land that is not part of a municipal district, the Secretary.

S. 35(2) inserted by No. 42/2009 s. 48.

(2) However, for the purposes of Division 4, the registration authority for a temporary food premises, mobile food premises or food vending machine is—

(a) the council of the municipal district where—

(i) the principal premises of the food business operating the premises or machine is located; or

S. 35(2)(a)(ii) amended by No. 38/2020 s. 27.

(ii) if the principal premises of the food business is not located in Victoria, the food business first operates in Victoria; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply to any council, the Secretary.

The principal premises of a food business is determined under section 43D.

S. 35A inserted by No. 95/1986 s. 13, amended by No. 20/1995 s. 12, repealed by No. 14/2001 s. 22, new s. 35A inserted by No. 42/2009 s. 16, substituted by No. 42/2009 s. 49.