Food Act 2014

Meaning of food business

10 Meaning of food business

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, food business—

(a)

means a business, activity, or undertaking that trades in food (whether in whole or in part); and

(b)

includes a business, activity, or undertaking that—

(i)

sells food on the Internet; or

(ii)

is declared by the Governor-General, by Order in Council made under section 393, to be a food business for the purposes of this Act; but

(c)

does not include a business, activity, or undertaking—

(i)

merely because it carries on a business other than trading in food and, in the course of doing so, acts as an intermediary between persons who trade in food by providing, for reward, a place (including mobile premises) or services (for example, an Internet service provider or an auction site on the Internet); or

(ii)

that is declared by the Governor-General, by Order in Council made under section 393, not to be a food business for the purposes of this Act.