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These regulations may be cited as the Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2023 .
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Tasmania regulation
These regulations set an application fee of 175 fee units for approval as a food‑safety auditor (reg 4, cf. s58(6)(b) of the Act), prescribe which offences under the Primary Produce Safety Act may be dealt with by infringement notices and the penalty amounts for individuals and corporations (reg 5 and Schedule 1), and rescind the 2014 Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations (reg 6 and Schedule 2). They commence when notified in the Gazette (reg 2).
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Direct links to the current provisions in Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2023.
These regulations may be cited as the Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2023 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations –
Act means the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011 .
For the purposes of section 58(6)(b) of the Act, the prescribed fee for an application for approval to be a food safety auditor is 175 fee units.
For the purposes of section 53 of the Act –
(a) an offence against a provision of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 is prescribed as an offence for which an infringement notice may be served; and
(b) a penalty specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 is prescribed as the penalty for a natural person for the corresponding offence specified in column 1 of the table; and
(c) a penalty specified in column 3 of the table in Schedule 1 is prescribed as the penalty for a body corporate for the corresponding offence specified in column 1 of the table.
The legislation specified in Schedule 2 is rescinded.
| | Provision of Act | Penalty – Individual (Penalty units) | Penalty – Body corporate (Penalty units) | | 1. | Section 15(3) | 5 | 10 | | 2. | Section 27 | 5 | 10 | | 3. | Section 28 | 4 | 8 | | 4. | Section 29 | 5 | 10 | | 5. | Section 30(2) | 1 | 5 | | 6. | Section 31 | 5 | 10 | | 7. | Section 39 | 5 | 10 | | 8. | Section 40 | 5 | 10 | | 9. | Section 41 | 5 | 10 | | 10. | Section 42(1) | 5 | 10 | | 11. | Section 42(2) | 5 | - | | 12. | Section 43 | 5 | 5 | | 13. | Section 44(2) | 5 | 10 | | 14. | Section 49(5) | 5 | 10 | | 15. | Section 50(12) | 5 | 10 | | 16. | Section 54(3) | 5 | 10 | | 17. | Section 68(1) | 5 | 10 | | 18. | Section 68(2) | 5 | - | | 19. | Section 69 | 5 | 5 | | 20. | Section 84 | 2 | 5 |
| Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2014 (No. 24 of 2014) |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 20 December 2023
These regulations are administered in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
These regulations may be cited as the Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2023 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations –
Act means the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011 .
For the purposes of section 58(6)(b) of the Act, the prescribed fee for an application for approval to be a food safety auditor is 175 fee units.
For the purposes of section 53 of the Act –
(a) an offence against a provision of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 is prescribed as an offence for which an infringement notice may be served; and
(b) a penalty specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 is prescribed as the penalty for a natural person for the corresponding offence specified in column 1 of the table; and
(c) a penalty specified in column 3 of the table in Schedule 1 is prescribed as the penalty for a body corporate for the corresponding offence specified in column 1 of the table.
The legislation specified in Schedule 2 is rescinded.
Regulation 5
| | Provision of Act | Penalty – Individual (Penalty units) | Penalty – Body corporate (Penalty units) | | 1. | Section 15(3) | 5 | 10 | | 2. | Section 27 | 5 | 10 | | 3. | Section 28 | 4 | 8 | | 4. | Section 29 | 5 | 10 | | 5. | Section 30(2) | 1 | 5 | | 6. | Section 31 | 5 | 10 | | 7. | Section 39 | 5 | 10 | | 8. | Section 40 | 5 | 10 | | 9. | Section 41 | 5 | 10 | | 10. | Section 42(1) | 5 | 10 | | 11. | Section 42(2) | 5 | - | | 12. | Section 43 | 5 | 5 | | 13. | Section 44(2) | 5 | 10 | | 14. | Section 49(5) | 5 | 10 | | 15. | Section 50(12) | 5 | 10 | | 16. | Section 54(3) | 5 | 10 | | 17. | Section 68(1) | 5 | 10 | | 18. | Section 68(2) | 5 | - | | 19. | Section 69 | 5 | 5 | | 20. | Section 84 | 2 | 5 |
Regulation 6
| Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2014 (No. 24 of 2014) |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 20 December 2023
These regulations are administered in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.