Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991
25Which procedure is appropriate?
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25 Which procedure is appropriate?
(1) The Authority must adopt the general procedure in considering an application for the development of a food regulatory measure or the variation of a food regulatory measure, unless: (a) the application is one to which Subdivision E applies (application for a minor variation of a food regulatory measure); or (b) the application is one to which Subdivision F applies (application for the development of a new food regulatory measure or a major variation of a food regulatory measure); or (c) the application is one to which Subdivision G applies (application for a high level health claims variation); or (d) the application is declared to be an urgent application for the purposes of this Part under section 95. Where an application for a high level health claims variation is included in an application for a variation of another kind (2) If a person applies for a high level health claims variation and a variation of another kind in a single application, then, for the purposes of this Act, the person is taken to have made an application for a high level health claims variation and a separate application for the other kind of variation.