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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-labelling-regulations-1996/regulation-48",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1499",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Labelling Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-labelling-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/48",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Application of various sections of the Food Safety Act 1990",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as they apply 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 shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations—\nsection 2 (extended meaning of “sale” etc.);\nsection 3 (presumption that food is intended for human consumption);\nsection 20 (offences due to fault of another person);\nsection 21 (defence of due diligence);\nsection 22 (defence of publication in the course of business);\nsection 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);\nsection 33 (obstruction, etc. of officers);\nsection 36 (offences by bodies corporate);\nsection 44 (protection of officers acting in food faith).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/768",
      "affecting_title": "The Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) (England) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2000/1925",
      "affecting_title": "The Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) (Wales) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "deleted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2000/83",
      "affecting_title": "The Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) (Scotland) Regulations 2000"
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      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/747",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Labelling (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt.",
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      "affecting_title": "The Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) (Scotland) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev. in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/768",
      "affecting_title": "The Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) (England) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/747",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Labelling (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev. in pt.",
      "affecting": "wsi/2000/1925",
      "affecting_title": "The Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) (Wales) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1499/regulation/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:42:11.542130+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."
}