18AFood safety management certificates

#### 18A Food safety management certificates (1) The Secretary may determine, in writing, that, for food of a specified kind, a specified certificate issued by a specified person or specified body is a recognised food safety management certificate. > Note 1: The regulations deal with when food of such a kind is taken to be failing food because the food is not covered by a recognised food safety management certificate. > Note 2: See section 35B for how a determination may refer to a kind of food. > Note 3: For variation and revocation of the determination, see subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. > Note 4: For specification by class, see subsection 33(3AB) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. (2) The Secretary must, in writing, make guidelines that the Secretary must have regard to before making a determination under subsection (1). > Note: For variation and revocation of the guidelines, see subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. 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) The following are not legislative instruments: (a) a determination under subsection (1); (b) guidelines under subsection (2). Publication of instruments (5) The Secretary must publish the following on the Department’s website: (a) a determination under subsection (1); (b) guidelines under subsection (2). Definitions (6) For the purposes of this section, forge and utter have the meanings given by section 19A.