Food Regulation 2026
sec.5Definitions for part
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sec.5 Definitions for part
In this part— delivered meals organisation means a community organisation delivering meals to the homes of frail or aged persons, or persons with a disability. preparatory year means the year of schooling immediately before year 1. private hospital see the Private Health Facilities Act 1999 , section 9 . process means undertaking an activity to prepare food for sale, including chopping, cooking, drying, fermenting, heating, pasteurising, thawing and washing. public sector hospital means a hospital operated by the State. ready-for-consumption food means food that is ready for consumption, including food that may be reheated, portioned or garnished, or food that undergoes similar finishing prior to service. ready-for-consumption food business means a food business whose principal activity is processing ready-for-consumption food for service in another facility that is— a relevant facility; or a private hospital; or a public sector hospital. relevant facility means any of the following— a residential care home; a facility that provides care, including palliative care, to persons with a terminal illness; a day hospital under the Private Health Facilities Act 1999 that— is licensed under part 6 of that Act; and provides haemodialysis or cytotoxic infusion health services; a QEC approved service under the Education and Care Services Act 2013 , other than a school age care service under that Act; an approved education and care service under the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) , other than— a family day care service under that Law; or an education and care service under that Law providing education and care primarily to children who attend school in the preparatory year or a higher year; a facility— that provides respite care or rehabilitative or therapeutic treatment to aged persons; and where persons do not stay overnight. residential care home means an approved residential care home under the Aged Care Act 2024 (Cwlth) in which a funded aged care service within the meaning of that Act is delivered by a registered provider, other than the State, under that Act. respite care means care provided to a person to give the person or their carer a short-term break from their usual care arrangement.
- (a) a relevant facility; or
- (b) a private hospital; or
- (c) a public sector hospital.
- (a) a residential care home;
- (b) a facility that provides care, including palliative care, to persons with a terminal illness;
- (c) a day hospital under the Private Health Facilities Act 1999 that— (i) is licensed under part 6 of that Act; and (ii) provides haemodialysis or cytotoxic infusion health services;
- (i) is licensed under part 6 of that Act; and
- (ii) provides haemodialysis or cytotoxic infusion health services;