Health (Food Hygiene) Amendment Regulations 1994 (WA)

4 March 19941	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	847
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HEALTH ACT 1911

HEALTH (FOOD HYGIENE) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1994

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Health (Food Hygiene) Amendment

Regulations 1994.

so under this regulation.

Principal regulations

2. In these regulations the Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations 1993* are

referred to as the principal regulations.

[* Published in Gazette of 15 October 1993 at pp. 5681-5745.]

Regulation 57 repealed and a regulation substituted

3. Regulation 57 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following
regulation is substituted —

Handling etc. of food for sale in residential premises prohibited

57. (1) Subject to subregulations (2), (3) and (4) a person must not in residential premises, prepare, pack, store, handle, serve, or supply for sale, any food unless granted approval to do

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(2) Notwithstanding subregulation (1) a person may

undertake -

(a)	cake decorating;
(b)	the preparation of food for a single fund raising event arranged by a community or charitable organization;
(c)	the preparation of food for guests using farm stay or home stay accommodation; or
(d)	any other food handling or food preparation activity approved by the Executive Director, Public Health,

in residential premises.

A person who seeks to undertake any of the activities referred to in subregulation (1) other than those referred to in subregulation (2) (a), (b) and ('c), must apply to the Executive Director, Public Health in writing, for a direction as to whether the activity may be concucted in residential premises.

(3)

Where the Executive Director, Public Health directs that the activity may be conducted in residential premises a person who seeks to undertake the activity must apply to the local authority in the form of Form 2 in Schedule 2 for approval to do so and the local authority may grant or refuse the application.

(4)

(5) A person who contravenes this regulation commits an

offence.

Schedule 2 amended

4.     Schedule 2 to the principal regulations is amended -

(a) in the arrangement by deleting "57 (2)" and substituting the following -
"	57(4)	and

(b) by deleting Form 2 and substituting the following form -

FORM 2

HEALTH ACT 1911

HEALTH (FOOD HYGIENE) REGULATIONS 1993 [Regulation 57 (4)]

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF CERTAIN

FOOD HANDLING ACTIVITIES IN

RESIDENTIAL PREMISES

To the Local Authority of

(insert name of Local Authority)

I

(full name)

apply to

(describe the food handling activities)

at

(residential address where food handling activities
will take place)

4 March 19941 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 849

I enclose a copy of a direction under regulation 57 (3) from the Executive Director, Public Health.

Signature of Applicant

Dated 19 . . .

APPROVAL

*The above application is granted subject to the

following terms and conditions

*The above application is refused.

Environmental Health Officer,

Local Authority of

*Strike out whichever is not applicable

Schedule 4 amended

5.  Schedule 4 to the principal regulations is amended —

(a) in Part 3 Division 1 clause 3 (2) (a), by deleting", impervious to water and non-absorbent" and substituting the following —

.;

and impervious to water

(b) in Part 3 Division 1 clause 3 (10), by deleting "Class 5"; and

(c) in Part 3 Division 9 clause 13, by deleting subclause (16).

By His Excellency's Command,

D. G. BLIGHT, Clerk of the Council.