{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-england-regulations-2003/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1478",
  "legislation_title": "The Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Defence in relation to exports",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of regulation 3 it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that—\n(a) the food in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was intended for export to a country (other than an EEA State) which has legislation analogous to these Regulations, and that the food complies with that legislation; or\n(b) that food was intended for export to an EEA State which has legislation which complies with the provisions of the Commission Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 30.6.2003, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1478/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:22:52.335695+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."
}