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Part 4 · Food Businesses

103. Deployment of untrained food workers

(1)

A person commits an offence if —

(a)

the person is the holder of a food business licence for a licensable food business;

(b)

the person causes or allows an individual to carry out any work as a food worker in the course of the operations of the licensable food business;

(c)

the individual is not registered as a food worker, generally or in respect of that licensable food business; and

(d)

the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the individual is not registered as a food worker, generally or in respect of that licensable food business.

(2)

An individual commits an offence if —

(a)

the individual is the holder of a food business licence for a licensable food business;

(b)

the individual carries out any work as a food worker in the course of the operations of the licensable food business;

(c)

the individual is not registered as a food worker, generally or in respect of that licensable food business; and

(d)

the individual knows, or ought reasonably to know, that he or she is not registered as a food worker, generally or in respect of that licensable food business.

(3)

A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

where the person is an individual —

(i)

to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; or

(ii)

where the individual is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $30,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or

(b)

where the person is not an individual —

(i)

to a fine not exceeding $30,000; or

(ii)

where the person is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $60,000.

(4)

In subsection (3), “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence under this section, means a person who —

(a)

is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and (b)has been convicted or found guilty, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of an offence under this section.

Part 5

Defined Food and Pre-Market Approval

Part 6

Provision of Non-Packaged Drinking Water

Part 7

Food Safety and Sustainable Primary Production Measures

Part 8

Offences Relating to Food Safety

Part 9

Food and Health Promotion

Part 10

Misleading or Deceptive Conduct and Other Marketing Offences

Part 11

Certain Agri-Food Production Inputs

Part 12

Appeals

Part 13

Monitoring and Enforcement

Part 14

Administration

Part 15

Regulations and Codes

Part 16

Miscellaneous

Part 17

Amendments to Other Acts and Final Provisions

Schedules