Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2023 (TAS)

Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2023

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011 .19 December 2023

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency’s Command,

JO PALMER

Minister for Primary Industries and Water

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Primary Produce Safety (General) Regulations 2023. 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3InterpretationIn these regulations – Act means the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011. 4Application fee for food safety auditorsFor 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. 5Infringement noticesFor 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offence specified in column 1 of the table. 6Legislation rescindedThe legislation specified in Schedule 2 is rescinded. Schedule 1Infringement Notice Offences

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

Schedule 2Legislation rescinded

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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.