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NO. 26 OF 2024
Short title and commencement
1. This Act is the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act 2024 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.
Interpretation
2. In this Act—
- “donate” means—
- (a) a person giving to another any thing for a charitable, benevolent, or philanthropic purpose without receiving any money or money’s worth; or
- (b) a person giving for a charitable, benevolent, or philanthropic purpose, and without the person receiving any money or money’s worth, any thing donated by another;
- “entity” means—
- (a) a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership);
- (b) an unincorporated association;
- (c) a partnership;
- (d) a business trust;
- (e) a body of individuals who together form a body; or
- (f) a person other than an individual;
- “food” has the meaning given by the Sale of Food Act 1973;
- “food donor” means any of the following:
- (a) any entity which donates food in the course of a business, regardless if the entity is a charity registered under the Charities Act 1994;
- (b) any other person who donates food;
