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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-regulations-1997/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-regulations-1997/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1499",
  "legislation_title": "The Contaminants in Food Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Application of various sections of the Act",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations which application shall, in the case of section 21, be as that section applies for the purposes of section 8, 14 or 15 of the Act and unless the context otherwise requires any reference in them to the Act or Part thereof shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations—\nsection 20 (offences due to fault of another person);\nsection 21 (defence of due diligence);\nsection 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);\nsection 35(1) to (3) (punishment of offences) in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(1) and (2); and\nsection 36 (offences by bodies corporate).\n(2) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations and any reference in those sections to the Act or to the execution of the Act shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be construed as including a reference to, respectively, Article 2.1 and the execution of the provisions of the Commission Regulation and these Regulations—\nsection 32 (powers of entry);\nsection 33 (obstruction etc. of officers); and\nsection 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1603",
      "affecting_title": "The Contaminants in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1499/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:09.855020+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."
}