Application of various provisions of the Act10.

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 of the Act shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations and to those provisions of Regulation 104/2000 and Regulation 2065/2001 to which these Regulations relate—

(a)

section 3 (presumption that food is intended for human consumption);

(b)

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

(c)

section 21 (defence of due diligence) as it applies for the purposes of section 8, 14 or 15;

(d)

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

(e)

section 32 of the Act (powers of entry);

(f)

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

(g)

section 33(2) with the modification that the reference to “any such requirement as is mentioned in subsection (1) (b) above” shall be deemed to be a reference to any such requirement as is mentioned in that subsection as applied by sub-paragraph (f) above;

(h)

section 35(1) (punishment of offences) insofar as it relates to offences under section 33(1) as applied by sub-paragraph (f) above;

(i)

section 35(2) and (3) insofar as it relates to offences under section 33(2) as applied by sub-paragraph (g) above;

(j)

section 36 (offences by bodies corporate);

(k)

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