The Beef (Emergency Control) Order 1996

Application of various sections of the Act

4.  The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of this Order as they apply for the purposes of the Act, and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in them to the Act shall be construed as a reference to the Order—

(a) section 2 (extended meaning of “sale” etc.);

(b) section 3 (presumptions that food is intended for sale for human consumption);

(c) section 20 (offences due to fault of another person);

(d) section 21 (defence of due diligence);

(e) section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers);

(f) section 36 (offences by bodies corporate), subject to the modification that a reference to a body corporate includes a Scottish partnership and a reference to a director includes a partner in a Scottish partnership; and

(g) section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).