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The Food Enzymes (Scotland) Regulations 2009

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Application of various sections of the Food Safety Act 1990

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5.—(1) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in those provisions to the Act or Part thereof is to be construed as a reference to these Regulations—

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

(b)section 21 (defence of due diligence)(1), with the modification that—

(i)subsections (2) to (4) shall apply in relation to an offence under regulation 3(1) as they apply in relation to an offence under section 14 (selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded) or 15 (falsely describing or presenting food); and

(ii)in subsection (4) the references to “sale” are deemed to include references to “placing on the market”;

(c)section 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);

(d)section 35(1) (punishment of offences), in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(1) as applied by paragraph (3)(b);

(e)section 35(2) and (3)(2), in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(2) as applied by paragraph (3)(c);

(f)section 36 (offences by bodies corporate); and

(g)section 36A (offences by Scottish partnerships)(3).

(2) In the application of section 32 of the Act (powers of entry) for the purposes of these Regulations, the reference in subsection (1) to the Act is to be construed as including references to the EC Regulation.

(3) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in those provisions to the Act is to be construed as including a reference to the EC Regulation and these Regulations—

(a)section 3 (presumption that food is intended for human consumption) with the modification that the references to “sold” and “sale” are deemed to include references to “placed on the market” and “placing on the market” respectively;

(b)section 33(1) (obstruction of officers);

(c)section 33(2) (offence of furnishing false or misleading information) with the modification that the reference to “any such requirement as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above” is deemed to be a reference to any such requirement as is mentioned in that subsection as applied by sub‑paragraph (b); and

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

(4) Section 34 of the Act (time limit for prosecutions) applies to offences under regulation 3(1) as it applies to offences punishable under section 35(2) of the Act.

(1)

Section 21(2) was amended by S.I. 2004/3279.

(2)

Section 35(3) was amended by S.I. 2004/3279.

(3)

Section 36A was inserted by section 40 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Food Standards Act 1999 (c.28).

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