18Foreign government certificates

#### 18 Foreign government certificates (1) The Secretary may determine, in writing, that a certificate issued by an instrumentality of a specified foreign government stating that food of a specified kind meets applicable standards and does not pose a risk to human health is a recognised foreign government certificate. > Note: See section 35B for how a determination may refer to a kind of food. (2) The Secretary may revoke a determination under subsection (1) if the Secretary has reason to doubt the continued reliability of a statement made in any certificate to which the determination relates. Offence (3) A person must not forge, or utter, knowing it to be forged, a certificate of the kind referred to in subsection (1). Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. Status of instruments (4) A determination under subsection (1), or a revocation under subsection (2), is not a legislative instrument. Definitions (5) For the purposes of this section, forge and utter have the meanings given by section 19A.