63APrescribed food standards

63A Prescribed food standards (1) In this section— ***Authority*** has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act; S. 63A(1) def. of *Common-wealth Act* amended by No. 44/2024 s. 25(a). ***Commonwealth Act*** means the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 of the Commonwealth as amended and in force for the time being and includes an Act passed in substitution for that Act; S. 63A(1) def. of *Food Standards Code* amended by No. 44/2024 s. 25(b). ***Food Standards Code*** has the same meaning as Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code has in the Commonwealth Act; ***gazetted*** means published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. (2) For the purposes of this Act a prescribed food standard is— (a) a standard gazetted by the Authority under the Commonwealth Act; or (b) a standard contained in the Food Standards Code. (3) A prescribed food standard— (a) has effect as amended, varied or partly superseded by a standard or variation of a standard gazetted under the Commonwealth Act; and (b) ceases to have effect if revoked or wholly superseded by a standard or variation of a standard gazetted under the Commonwealth Act. (4) A standard or variation of a standard gazetted under the Commonwealth Act has effect— (a) on the date specified for that purpose in the gazette; or (b) if no date is so specified, on the date of gazettal. (5) An amendment of the standards contained in the Food Standards Code gazetted before the commencement of the **Food (Amendment) Act 1991** and not incorporated or adopted by reference by the Food Standards Regulations 1987 before that commencement has effect in Victoria from that commencement or the later effective date specified in the gazette. S. 63B inserted by No. 20/1995 s. 19.