{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1970/section-81",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1970/section-81.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1970/40",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture Act 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1970",
  "path": "section/81",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Offences due to fault of other person.",
  "text": "Where the commission by any person of an offence under this Part of this Act is due to the act or default of some other person that other person shall be guilty of the offence, and a person may be charged with and convicted of the offence by virtue of this section whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 81 applied (with modifications) (2.8.1999) by S.I. 1999/1872, reg. 112(1)(2)S. 81 applied (with modifications) (2.8.1999) by S.I. 1999/1871, reg. 90(5)(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 81 applied (with modifications) (E.) (4.10.2004) by Genetically Modified Animal Feed (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2334), regs. 1(b), 6(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 81 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (8.10.2004) by The Genetically Modified Animal Feed Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/386), regs. 1, 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 81 applied (with modifications) (S.) (15.11.2004) by Genetically Modified Animal Feed (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/433), regs. 1(1), 6(1)(a)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 81 applied (with modifications) (W.) (17.12.2004) by The Genetically Modified Animal Feed (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3221), regs. 1(b), 6(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 81 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (1.1.2005) by Feeding Stuffs (Safety Requirements for Feed for Food-Producing Animals) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3254), regs. 1, 4(2)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 81 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.1.2005) by The Feeding Stuffs (Safety Requirements for Feed for Food-Producing Animals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/506), regs. 1(1), 4(1), 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 81 applied (with modifications) (E.) (30.4.2005) by Feed (Corn Gluten Feed and Brewers Grains) (Emergency Control) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1265), regs. 1(1), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 81 applied (with modifications) (S.) (6.5.2005) by Feed (Corn Gluten Feed and Brewers Grains) (Emergency Control) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/246), regs. 1(1), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "S. 81 applied (with modifications) (W.) (13.5.2005) by The Feed (Corn Gluten Feed and Brewers Grains) (Emergency Control) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1323), regs. 1(1), 5(1), 5(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "S. 81 amendment to earlier affecting provision S.R. 2004/386 reg. 6 (N.I.) (11.10.2010) by The Feed (Sampling and Analysis and Specified Undesirable Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/323), regs. 1, 21(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/40/section/81",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:00.537576+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}