Section 3

Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the Director is, subject to any general or special directions of the appropriate Minister, responsible for the administration of Parts 3, 4, 6 and 7A and sections 26, 27, 31, 32, 45A and 45B.

Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the Director‑General and the Director‑General, Food Administration are, subject to any general or special directions of the appropriate Minister, responsible for the administration of Part 5, except sections 26, 27, 31, 32, 45A and 45B.

The appropriate Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, direct that the powers conferred on the Director under Part 3 be exercised by the Director‑General or the Director‑General, Food Administration in relation to the matters specified in the notifications.

For the purposes of exercising the powers under Part 3 in relation to matters mentioned in subsection (3), any reference to the Director in that Part is a reference to the Director‑General or the Director‑General, Food Administration, as the case may be.

To avoid doubt, Part 5 does not prevent the exercise of any power conferred by another Part in relation to any vessel, person or article to which Part 5 applies.