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Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 3 · Import, Export and Transhipment

89. Providing information — importer

(1)

When requested to do so by an authorised officer or a food inspector, a licensed importer is bound to state truly what the licensed importer is requested, and must give information about the matters in section 87(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 licensed importer 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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