The Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997

Application of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990

30.  The following provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as they apply for the purposes of sections 8, 14 or 15 of that Act and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in them to the Act shall be construed as a reference to the Regulations—

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

• section 3 (presumptions that food intended for human consumption);

• section 9 (inspection and seizure of suspected food) subject to the modification that it shall apply to an authorised officer of an enforcement authority as it applies to an authorised officer of a food authority;

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

• section 21 (defence of due diligence);

• section 30(8) (evidence of certificate of analysis or examination);

• section 33 (offence of obstruction, etc. of officers);

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

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