International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act, 1987

Regulation of carriage.

4.—(1) The Minister may make regulations in relation to the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs and the standards for transport equipment to be used for such carriage.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section may—

(a) prescribe foodstuffs or classes of foodstuffs as perishable foodstuffs for the purposes of this Act;

(b) prescribe temperature limits for the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs;

(c) make different provision for different classes of perishable foodstuffs or in respect of the same class in different circumstances;

(d) prescribe classes of transport equipment to be used for the international carriage of prescribed classes of perishable foodstuffs;

(e) prescribe different standards for different classes of transport equipment or as respects the same class in different circumstances;

(f) exempt specified types of transport equipment or perishable foodstuffs from all or any of the provisions of the regulations either generally or in prescribed circumstances.