Application of various provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 for the purposes of regulations 6 and 7
8. The following provisions of the Act will apply for the purposes of regulations 6 and 7, with the modification that any reference in those provisions to the Act or Part thereof will be construed as a reference to regulation 7 —
(a)section 20 (offences due to fault of another person);
(b)section 21 (defence of due diligence)(1) as it applies for the purposes of section 14 or 15;
(c)section 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);
(d)section 33(1) (obstruction etc. of officers);
(e)section 33(2), with the modification that the reference to “any such requirement as is mentioned in subsection 1(b) above” will be deemed to be a reference to any such requirement as is mentioned in section 33(1)(b) as applied by sub-paragraph (d);
(f)section 35(1)(2) (punishment of offences), in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(1) as applied by sub-paragraph (d);
(g)section 35(2) and (3)(3), in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(2) as applied by sub-paragraph (e);
(h)section 36 (offences by bodies corporate);
(i)section 36A(4) (offences by Scottish Partnerships); and
(j)section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).
Section 21 has been amended by S.I. 2004/3279.
Section 35(1) is amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (2003 c. 44), Schedule 26, paragraph 42, from a date to be appointed.
Section 35(3) has been amended by S.I. 2004/3279.
Section 36A was inserted by the Food Standards Act 1999 (1999 c. 28), Schedule 5, paragraph 16.