Saving provision and transitional defence
12. In any proceedings for an offence of contravening regulation 10(3), (4), (6) or (7), or regulation 11(1) or (3) it is a defence to prove that —
(a)the act constituting the offence was committed in relation to a material or article made with regenerated cellulose film which was manufactured in or imported into the European Union before 29th January 2006; and
(b)the act constituting the offence would not have constituted an offence under the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) as they stood immediately before the coming into operation of the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(2).
S.R. 1987 No. 432. These Regulations were revoked by S.R. 2005 No. 210
S.R. 2005 No. 210. These Regulations were amended by S.R. 2006 No. 2, S.R. 2006 No. 251 and S.R. 2006 No. 420, but none of those amendments are relevant to this provision