Actions which an authorised officer may take
31 Actions which an authorised officer may take
If, after entering and inspecting or examining any premises or vehicle under section 30, an authorised officer is satisfied, or suspects on reasonable grounds, that—
any premises or any vehicle, plant, machinery or equipment used in connection with—
the handling of seafood intended for sale for human consumption; or
the conduct of a seafood business—
is in an unclean or substandard condition; or
any seafood intended for sale for human consumption is unfit for that purpose or is a risk to public health; or
any premises specified in paragraph (a) or seafood does not otherwise comply with any provisions of this Act, a Code of Practice or the regulations that are applicable—
the authorised officer may, by a notice in writing addressed to the owner of the premises, seafood or vehicle, as the case may be, without further name or description, take any one or more of the actions specified in subsection (2), which appear to the authorised officer to be appropriate in the circumstances.
The actions that an authorised officer may take for the purposes of this section are as follows—
order the premises, vehicle, plant, machinery or equipment, as the case may be, to be immediately cleaned and disinfected to the satisfaction of the authorised officer;
order that the use of a specified area of any premises or of any vehicle, plant, machinery or equipment used in connection with—
the handling of seafood intended for sale for human consumption; or
the conduct of a seafood business—
be stopped;
order that no seafood or class of seafood specified in the order be removed from premises for any purpose whatsoever or for any purpose specified in the order for a period of time that is specified in the order;
order that any seafood or class of seafood specified in the order be disposed of or destroyed.
A person to whom an order is addressed under this section must comply with the order.
- 120 penalty units.
S. 32 amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 149.2).
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Seafood Safety Regulations 2024 · under sections 8(3) and 61
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