Application of various provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990
6. The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations and Regulation 2065/2003 as they apply for the purposes of the Act —
(a)section 3 (presumption that food is intended for human consumption);
(b)section 20 (offences due to the fault of another person);
(c)section 21 (defence of due diligence) as it applies for the purposes of sections 14 or 15 of that Act);
(d)section 22 (defence of publication in the course of business);
(e)section 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);
(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);
(h)section 35(1) (punishment of offences)(1) insofar as it relates to offences under section 33(1) as applied by sub–paragraph (f);
(i)section 35(2) and (3) insofar as it relates to offences under section 33(2) as applied by sub–paragraph (g);
(j)section 36 (offences by bodies corporate); and
(k)section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).
Section 35(1) is amended by s. 280(2) and Schedule 26 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 from a date to be appointed.