Seafood Safety Act 2003

Upon the making of a Code of Practice, the Authority must cause notice of—

the making of the Code of Practice; and

the date of commencement of the Code of Practice; and

the place where copies of the Code of Practice may be obtained—

There must be published with a notice under subsection (1) or a notice of an amendment under section 19(4), a notice stating that the Code of Practice, any incorporated document or any amendment to an incorporated document, as the case may be, may be inspected at the office of the Authority specified in the notice.

Even though a Code of Practice has come into operation, a person cannot be convicted of an offence or be prejudicially affected or made subject to any liability under the Code of Practice if it is proved that at the relevant time notice of the Code of Practice had not been published in the Government Gazette and a copy of the Code of Practice and any incorporated document was not available for inspection.

Subsection (3) does not apply if it is proved that at the relevant time reasonable steps had been taken for the purpose of bringing the general purport of the Code of Practice to the notice of the public or of persons likely to be affected by the Code of Practice.