{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/condensed-milk-and-dried-milk-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/condensed-milk-and-dried-milk-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/311",
  "legislation_title": "The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/condensed-milk-and-dried-milk-scotland-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that–\n(a) the food concerned was marked or labelled before 17th July 2004; and\n(b) the matters constituting the alleged offence would not have constituted an offence under the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Regulations 1977 if those Regulations had been in force when the food was marked or labelled.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/1027; amended by S.I. 1982/1209, 1983/270, 1985/1068, 1987/26, 1989/1975, 1990/2625, 1991/1476, 1992/2596, 1995/3187 and 1996/1499."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/311/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:35:57.215166+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."
}