Application of various provisions of the ActE+W
6.—(1) The following provisions of the Act apply for the purposes of these Regulations and Regulation 1829/2003 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 8, 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” is 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) 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); and
(1)Section 50 (service of documents).
(2) Section 34 (time limit for prosecutions) applies to offences under regulation 5 as it applies to offences punishable under section 35(2) of the Act.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 6 in force at 17.12.2004, see reg. 1(b)