Sale of Food Act 1973 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2A · Food Safety Measures
10I. Compensation
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A person bound by a direction under this Part who suffers loss as a result of the making of the direction may apply to the Agency for compensation if the person considers that there were insufficient grounds for the making of the direction.
Agency
“Agency” means the Singapore Food Agency established by the Singapore Food Agency Act 2019;
If there were insufficient grounds for the making of the direction, the Agency is to pay just and reasonable compensation to the applicant.
The Agency must send written notification of the Agency’s determination as to the payment of compensation under this section to each applicant for the payment of compensation.
If the Agency has not determined an application for compensation under this section within 28 days after receiving the application, the Agency is taken to have refused to pay any compensation.
An applicant for the payment of compensation under this section who is dissatisfied with a determination by the Agency as to the refusal to pay compensation or as to the amount of compensation may apply to the District Court for a review of the determination —
within 14 days after the day on which notification of the determination was received; or
in a case to which subsection (4) applies, within 14 days after the 28‑day period mentioned in that subsection ends.
If the amount of compensation sought exceeds the jurisdictional limit of the District Court, the application under subsection (5) is to be made to the General Division of the High Court.
No application for the payment of compensation may be made under this section after the 14‑day period mentioned in subsection (5)(a) or (b) ends.