sec.21Responsibilities of chief executive officer

sec.21 Responsibilities of chief executive officer

The chief executive officer must— manage the affairs of Safe Food in accordance with the strategies and operational, administrative and financial policies decided by the board; and report to the board about the implementation of the strategies and policies; and advise the board about the activities of any advisory committee; and advise the board about progress in the development of food safety schemes and related food safety policies. Without limiting subsection (1) , the chief executive officer must— prepare a business plan for each year; and give the plan to the board by 31 March in the year for which the plan is prepared. The business plan must cover Safe Food’s operations for the year in which the plan is prepared and the 2 following years. The business plan must include details of the following matters for the period covered by the plan— the food safety schemes under this Act, and any food safety schemes being developed, including, for example, projected cost structures and funding arrangements for each scheme; Safe Food’s funding arrangements for food safety activities carried out by Safe Food other than in connection with a food safety scheme; Safe Food’s administrative costs; the projected funding required from the State to ensure compliance with this Act; how Safe Food intends to ensure its activities in connection with food safety schemes are managed on a cost-recovery basis. s 21 amd 2003 No. 82 s 57 ; 2020 No. 3 s 102 (sec.21-ssec.1) The chief executive officer must— manage the affairs of Safe Food in accordance with the strategies and operational, administrative and financial policies decided by the board; and report to the board about the implementation of the strategies and policies; and advise the board about the activities of any advisory committee; and advise the board about progress in the development of food safety schemes and related food safety policies. (sec.21-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the chief executive officer must— prepare a business plan for each year; and give the plan to the board by 31 March in the year for which the plan is prepared. (sec.21-ssec.3) The business plan must cover Safe Food’s operations for the year in which the plan is prepared and the 2 following years. (sec.21-ssec.4) The business plan must include details of the following matters for the period covered by the plan— the food safety schemes under this Act, and any food safety schemes being developed, including, for example, projected cost structures and funding arrangements for each scheme; Safe Food’s funding arrangements for food safety activities carried out by Safe Food other than in connection with a food safety scheme; Safe Food’s administrative costs; the projected funding required from the State to ensure compliance with this Act; how Safe Food intends to ensure its activities in connection with food safety schemes are managed on a cost-recovery basis.