{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eggs-and-chicks-wales-regulations-2010/regulation-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eggs-and-chicks-wales-regulations-2010/regulation-39.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2010/1671",
  "legislation_title": "The Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eggs-and-chicks-wales-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/39",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Application of various provisions of the Act",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Act apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modifications mentioned in paragraph (2)—\nsection 3 (presumptions that food intended for human consumption);\nsection 20 (offences due to fault of another person);\nsection 21 (defence of due diligence);\nsection 29 (procurement of samples);\nsection 30(8) (documentary evidence);\nsection 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith); and\nsection 46(1) (expenses of authorised officers).\n(2) The modifications are—\n(a) any reference in the provisions specified in paragraph (1) to the Act (or a Part of the Act) must be construed as a reference to these Regulations;\n(b) any reference in the provisions specified in paragraph (1) to an authorised officer, or an officer of an enforcement authority or food authority, must be construed as a reference to an authorised officer as defined in regulation 3(1) of these Regulations;\n(c) in relation to section 20, the reference to that section must be construed as including a reference to that section as applied to these Regulations by paragraph (1);\n(d) in relation to section 21(2), the words “section 14 or 15 above” must be replaced with the words “ these Regulations ”;\n(e) in relation to section 29—\n(i) in paragraph (b)(ii), the reference to section 32 must be construed as including a reference to regulation 20 of these Regulations; and\n(ii) in paragraph (d), the omission of the words “or of regulations or orders made under it”;\n(f) in relation to section 30(8)(a), the omission of the words “under subsection (6) above”; and\n(g) in relation to section 44, any reference to a food authority must be construed as a reference to an enforcement authority.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 21(2) was amended by S.I. 2004/3279."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2010/1671/regulation/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:53:29.816825+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."
}