Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

After the submission period, the Authority must:

do one of the following:

approve the draft standard or draft variation;

approve the draft standard or draft variation subject to such amendments as the Authority considers necessary;

reject the draft standard or draft variation; and

prepare a report under this section.

The Board must not delegate its powers to act on behalf of the Authority under paragraph (a)—see section 150.

The draft does not take effect except in accordance with a notice under section 92—see section 93.

The Authority must have regard to all submissions made during the submission period in making a decision under subsection (1).

The report must include each of the following:

the reasons for initially accepting the application;

a summary of the results of the Authority’s assessment of the application;

a summary of the submissions received by the Authority in relation to the draft standard or draft variation;

the Authority’s response to the issues raised in those submissions;

whether the draft standard or draft variation was amended after submissions were made and, if so, the reasons for those amendments;

the Authority’s reasons for approving or rejecting the draft standard or draft variation;

a copy of the draft standard or draft variation on which submissions were received;

if the draft standard or draft variation was amended after submissions were made—a copy of the draft standard or draft variation as amended;

if applicable—a Regulation Impact Statement.