CEO may give directions
16 CEO may give directions
The CEO may give any person an oral or written direction as to the procedures to be followed by the person in respect of a pathogen of which the CEO has been given notice under regulation 15.
A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a direction given to the person under subregulation (1).
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
If the CEO gives a person an oral direction under subregulation (1), the CEO must, as soon as is practicable, give the person a written direction confirming the oral direction.
Without limiting subregulation (1), the procedures in relation to which a direction may be given under that subregulation include —
the preparation, packing, storing, handling, conveying, disposal or isolation of food that contains, or is suspected to contain, a pathogen; and
the procedures to be undertaken to complete the identification of the micro‑organism that is, or is suspected to be, a pathogen.
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