Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · s 297

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—(1) In taking any regulatory action under section 83, 84, 96, 112, 196 or 213 because of the conviction of any person of a criminal offence, the Agency may accept the person’s conviction as final.(2) For the purposes of section 78(2)(c), 83(1)(c), 92(2)(d), 96(1)(c), 192(2)(d), 196(1)(c), 211(2)(d) and 213(1)(a), “convicted”, in addition to its ordinary meaning, has the meaning given by subsection (3).(3) A person is taken to have been convicted of an alleged offence if —(a)the person has not been found guilty of the offence but asks for the offence to be taken into account when being sentenced for another offence; or(b)the person has been found guilty of the offence but is discharged without conviction.
In taking any regulatory action under section 83, 84, 96, 112, 196 or 213 because of the conviction of any person of a criminal offence, the Agency may accept the person’s conviction as final.
For the purposes of section 78(2)(c), 83(1)(c), 92(2)(d), 96(1)(c), 192(2)(d), 196(1)(c), 211(2)(d) and 213(1)(a), “convicted”, in addition to its ordinary meaning, has the meaning given by subsection (3).
A person is taken to have been convicted of an alleged offence if —(a)the person has not been found guilty of the offence but asks for the offence to be taken into account when being sentenced for another offence; or(b)the person has been found guilty of the offence but is discharged without conviction.

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s 297Conviction as ground for regulatory action

(1)

In taking any regulatory action under section 83, 84, 96, 112, 196 or 213 because of the conviction of any person of a criminal offence, the Agency may accept the person’s conviction as final.

(2)

For the purposes of section 78(2)(c), 83(1)(c), 92(2)(d), 96(1)(c), 192(2)(d), 196(1)(c), 211(2)(d) and 213(1)(a), “convicted”, in addition to its ordinary meaning, has the meaning given by subsection (3).

(3)

A person is taken to have been convicted of an alleged offence if —

(a)

the person has not been found guilty of the offence but asks for the offence to be taken into account when being sentenced for another offence; or

(b)

the person has been found guilty of the offence but is discharged without conviction.