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Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)

2. National Executive Officer

 

 

1)
a) The Minister must designate an officer of the Department who is a veterinarian as national executive officer.
b) The national executive officer exercises the powers conferred on him or her and performs the duties imposed on him or her by or under this Act, subject to the control and directions of the Minister.

 

2) Whenever the national executive officer considers an application or a request in terms of this Act, he or she may-
a) request the applicant to provide such additional information as may be necessary within a specified period;
b) conduct any necessary investigation or inquiry in connection with the application or request; and
c) refuse, postpone or grant the application or request subject to such conditions as may be necessary.

 

3)
a) The national executive officer may on application grant an extension of the period contemplated in subsection (2)(a) in writing.
b) An application for extension must be in writing and must set out the reasons for the application.

 

4) The national executive officer must notify the applicant in writing of any decision reached and, if an application or a request is refused, of the reasons for refusal.

 

5)
a) If, after an application or a request has been approved or granted, the national executive officer becomes aware of circumstances which, bad they been known to him or her or had they prevailed when he or she considered the application or request, would have resulted in the refusal of the application or request or in the imposition of conditions or additional conditions, he or she may, by written notice to the applicant revoke such approval or grant or amend it by imposing conditions or additional conditions, as the case may be.
b) The national executive officer must give reasons for any such revocation or amendment.

 


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