Application of various Articles of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991N.I.
29. The following provisions of the Order shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in those provisions to the Order or Part thereof shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations—
(a)Article 4 (presumptions that food intended for human consumption);
(b)Article 19 (offences due to fault of another person);
(c)Article 20 (defence of due diligence), with the modifications that paragraphs (2) to (4) shall apply in relation to an offence under regulation 28 consisting of a contravention of regulation 3, 4 or 13 as they apply in relation to an offence under Article 13 or 14 and that in paragraph (4)(b) the references to “sale or intended sale” shall be deemed to be references to “marketing or as the case may be placing on the market”;
(d)Article 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);
(e)Article 34(1) (obstruction etc. of officers);
(f)Article 34(2), with the modification that the reference to “any such requirement as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)” shall be deemed to be a reference to any such requirement as is mentioned in Article 34(1)(b) as applied by sub-paragraph (e);
(g)Article 36(1) (punishment of offences), in so far as it relates to offences under Article 34(1) as applied by sub-paragraph (e);
(h)Article 36(2) and (3), in so far as it relates to offences under Article 34(2) as applied by sub-paragraph (f);
(i)Article 43 (protection of public analyst acting in good faith).
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 29 in operation at 11.1.2008, see reg. 1(2)