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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-control-of-irradiation-regulations-1990/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2490",
  "legislation_title": "The Food (Control of Irradiation) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-control-of-irradiation-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Defence in relation to exports",
  "text": "(1) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove—\n(a) that the food, in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed, was intended for export to another member State of the European Economic Community and that the food complied with that member State’s domestic food legislation relevant to the alleged offence; or\n(b) that the food, in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed, was intended for export to a country which is not a member of the European Economic Community for sale to the ultimate consumer within that country.\n(2) In this regulation “ultimate consumer” has the meaning which it has in the Food Labelling Regulations 1984.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1984/1305, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "ssi/2000/309",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Irradiation Provisions (Scotland) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/2254",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Irradiation Provisions (England) Regulations 2000 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2001/1232",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Irradiation Provisions (Wales) Regulations 2001 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2626",
      "affecting_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "wsi/2005/3254",
      "affecting_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/616",
      "affecting_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2490/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:55:19.736067+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."
}