The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
94. Power of State
Government to make rules. -
1.
Subject
to the powers of the Central Government and the Food Authority to make rules
and regulations respectively, the State Government may, after previous
publication and with the previous approval of the Food Authority, by
notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the functions and
duties assigned to the State Government and the State Commissioner of Food
Safety under this Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder.
2.
In
particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such
rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
a. other functions of
the Commissioner of Food Safety under clause (f) of sub-section (2) of section
30;
b. earmarking a fund and
the manner in which reward shall be paid to a person rendering assistance in
detection of offence or apprehension of offender under section 95; and
c. any other matter
which is required to be, or may be prescribed or in respect of which provision
is to be made by rules by the State Government.
1.
2.
3.
Every
rule made by the State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may
be after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature where it
consists of two Houses or where such State Legislature consists of one House,
before that House.