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Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 4 · Food Businesses

101. Providing information — food business proprietor

(1)

When requested to do so by an authorised officer or a food inspector, a proprietor of a licensable food business to which this Division applies is bound to state truly what the proprietor of a licensable food business is requested, and must give information about the matters in section 99(1) —

(a)

in a readily accessible format; and

(b)

within 24 hours after the request, or within any reasonable shorter period specified by the authorised officer or food inspector, as the case may be.

(2)

Where any information which is required by subsection (1) to be given to an authorised officer or a food inspector is not given or is not given within the time delimited under subsection (1)(b), then the proprietor of a licensable food business requested to give the information shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

where the person is an individual — to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both; or

(b)

where the person is not an individual — to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(3)

Subsection (2) does not apply if the person required to give the information has a reasonable excuse.

(4)

The ordinary meaning of “reasonable excuse” is affected by sections 258 and 259.

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