Food Act 2003

The Food Authority may approve laboratories for the purposes of carrying out analyses under this Act.

A person providing or intending to provide analysis services at a laboratory may make an application, in the approved form, to the Food Authority for an approval of the laboratory under this Division.

The application is to be accompanied by—

such information as the Food Authority requires to determine the application, and

the fee, if any, prescribed by the regulations.

The Food Authority may, after considering an application for approval—

grant the application, with or without conditions, or

refuse the application.

If the Food Authority grants an application for approval, it must issue the applicant with a written approval that sets out the conditions to which the approval is subject.

If the Food Authority refuses an application for approval, the Food Authority must give notice of the refusal in writing to the applicant setting out the reasons for the refusal.