Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2008 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Food Act 2008 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Food Act 2008	43 of 2008	8 Jul 2008	s. 1 and 2: 8 Jul 2008 (see s. 2(1)(a)); s. 3-7, Pt. 2-7 and 9-14: 24 Oct 2009 (see s. 2(1)(b) and (2) and Gazette 23 Oct 2009 p. 4157); Pt. 8 Div. 1 and 3: 23 Apr 2010 (see s. 2(1)(b) and (2) and Gazette 23 Oct 2009 p. 4157) Pt 8 Div. 2: 23 Oct 2010 (see s. 2(1)(b) and (2) and Gazette 23 Oct 2009 p. 4157)
Police Amendment Act 2009 s. 18	42 of 2009	3 Dec 2009	13 Mar 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 12 Mar 2010 p. 941)
Public Sector Reform Act 2010 s. 89	39 of 2010	1 Oct 2010	1 Dec 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Nov 2010 p. 5563)

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
advertisement 8
analysis 8
animal 8
another person 27(3)
appropriate enforcement agency 8
approved analyst 8
approved form 8
approved laboratory 8
authorised officer 8
CEO 8
commencement day 150
convicted person 139
court 8
designated officer 126(1)
emergency order 8
enforcement agency 8
equipment 8
examine 8
exempted food business 109(2)
false statement 131(2)
food 8, 9(1), 9(2), 9(3)
food business 8, 10
food safety auditor 8
Food Safety Standards 8
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 8
Food Standards Code 8
food transport vehicle 8
handling 8
improvement notice 8
label 8
law enforcement authority 142(3)
member of staff 8
national guidelines 120(3)
offence 128(1)
officer 128(1)
package 8
premises 8
prescribed 6(1), 126(1)
primary food production 8, 11(1), 11(2)
processes 12(3)
prohibition order 8
proprietor 8
protected person 141(2)
public institution 8
recall order 8
remote communication 8
sell 8
slaughter 13(3)
specified 154(3)
specified information 107(2)
unsafe 8, 12(1), 12(2)
unsuitable 8, 13(1), 13(2)
vehicle 8
water supplier 5(2)