Food Regulation 2026
sec.10Prescribed licensable food businesses— Act , s 164E
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sec.10 Prescribed licensable food businesses— Act , s 164E
For section 164E (6) of the Act , definition prescribed licensable food business , the following licensable food businesses are prescribed— a licensable food business that sells standard food items at 20 or more places in Queensland or at 50 or more places in Australia; a licensable food business that operates in a chain of food businesses that sell standard food items if together the businesses sell standard food items at 20 or more places in Queensland or at 50 or more places in Australia. However, the following licensable food businesses are not included under subsection (1) — a cinema; a convenience store; a service station selling petrol or other fuel for motor vehicles; a licensable food business that primarily involves off-site catering or on-site catering; a licensable food business carried on from mobile premises that are a vehicle; a licensable food business carried on by a non-profit organisation; the preparation of meals by Meals on Wheels a food business operated by a school, sporting club or work social club to raise revenue for the school or club a licensable food business that primarily provides food services to patients of a health service facility; a licensable food business that only sells food intended to be consumed on the premises at which it is sold. Also, a licensable food business is not included under subsection (1) in relation to a standard food item sold by the licensable food business on a trial basis (the trial item ) for a period of not more than 60 consecutive days (the trial period ) if— not more than 5 standard food outlets ( trial outlets ) of the licensable food business in Queensland sell the trial item during all or part of the trial period; and the trial item has not been sold at any time before the trial period in any of the trial outlets. In this section— convenience store does not include a supermarket. health service facility means— a private health facility under the Private Health Facilities Act 1999 , section 8 ; or a public sector health service facility under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , schedule 2 . (sec.10-ssec.1) For section 164E (6) of the Act , definition prescribed licensable food business , the following licensable food businesses are prescribed— a licensable food business that sells standard food items at 20 or more places in Queensland or at 50 or more places in Australia; a licensable food business that operates in a chain of food businesses that sell standard food items if together the businesses sell standard food items at 20 or more places in Queensland or at 50 or more places in Australia. (sec.10-ssec.2) However, the following licensable food businesses are not included under subsection (1) — a cinema; a convenience store; a service station selling petrol or other fuel for motor vehicles; a licensable food business that primarily involves off-site catering or on-site catering; a licensable food business carried on from mobile premises that are a vehicle; a licensable food business carried on by a non-profit organisation; the preparation of meals by Meals on Wheels a food business operated by a school, sporting club or work social club to raise revenue for the school or club a licensable food business that primarily provides food services to patients of a health service facility; a licensable food business that only sells food intended to be consumed on the premises at which it is sold. (sec.10-ssec.3) Also, a licensable food business is not included under subsection (1) in relation to a standard food item sold by the licensable food business on a trial basis (the trial item ) for a period of not more than 60 consecutive days (the trial period ) if— not more than 5 standard food outlets ( trial outlets ) of the licensable food business in Queensland sell the trial item during all or part of the trial period; and the trial item has not been sold at any time before the trial period in any of the trial outlets. (sec.10-ssec.4) In this section— convenience store does not include a supermarket. health service facility means— a private health facility under the Private Health Facilities Act 1999 , section 8 ; or a public sector health service facility under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , schedule 2 .