Victorian Numbered Acts

FOOD AMENDMENT (REGULATION REFORM) ACT 2009 (NO. 42 OF 2009) - SECT 39

    After section 56 of the Food Act 1984 insert —

        " 56A     Infringements

    (1)     An authorized officer may serve an infringement notice on a person that the authorized officer has reason to believe has committed—

        (a)     an offence specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1; or

        (b)     a prescribed offence.

    (2)         An offence referred to in subsection (1) for which an infringement notice may be served is an infringement offence within the meaning of the Infringements Act 2006 .

    (3)     For the purposes of subsection (1), an infringement notice—

        (a)     must be in the form required by section 13 of the Infringements Act 2006 ; and

        (b)     may contain any additional prescribed details.

    (4)     The infringement penalty for—

        (a)         an offence specified in Schedule 1, is the amount specified in Column 3 of Schedule 1 opposite that offence; and

        (b)     a prescribed offence, is the prescribed amount.".