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FOOD SAFETY ORDINANCE
Ord. No. 5 of 2011
A279


(2) An appeal under this section does not suspend the decision unless the Director decides otherwise.

Division 5—General

17. Updating of information

(1) A person who is a registered food importer or registered food distributor must give written notice to the Director of any change in the information provided to the Director in, or in relation to, the person’s application for registration or renewal of registration, within 30 days after the change occurs.

(2) A person commits an offence if the person—

(a) without reasonable excuse, fails to give notice to the Director under subsection (1);
(b) includes in a notice information that the person knows is false in a material particular; or
(c) recklessly includes in a notice information that is false in a material particular.

(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

18. Obtaining information from certain Authorities

(1) The Director may request a specified Authority to provide any specified information held by the specified Authority in relation to a specified authorization issued or granted by the specified Authority.

(2) A request under subsection (1) must be made in writing.

(3) A specified Authority must comply with a request of the Director under subsection (1).

(4) In this section—

“specified Authority” (指明當局), in relation to a specified authorization, means the person specified in column 3 of Schedule 1 opposite that authorization;

“specified authorization” (指明授權) means a licence, permit, permission or registration specified in column 2 of Schedule 1;

“specified information” (指明資料) means information that a person to whom a specified authorization is issued or granted would be required to provide to the Director in, or in relation to, an application for registration or renewal of registration under this Part if the person were required to be so registered.