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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-labelling-regulations-1996/regulation-50",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1499",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Labelling Regulations 1996",
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  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, in any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it shall be a defence to prove that—\n(a) (i) the act was committed before 1st July 1997, or\n(ii) the act was committed in relation to food prepacked before 1st July 1997; and\n(b) the matters constituting the offence would not have constituted an offence under the Food Labelling Regulations 1984, the Food Labelling (Scotland) Regulations 1984, or the Milk Labelling (Scotland) Regulations 1983 or the Cheese and Cream Regulations 1995 if those Regulations had been in operation when the act was committed or the food was prepacked.\n(2) In any proceedings for an offence under regulation 44(1)(a), as read with—\n(a) regulation 14(4) and Schedule 3, or\n(b) regulation 14(9) and Schedule 4,\nparagraph (1) of this regulation shall be read as if for the date “1st July 1997” there were substituted, in both places where it occurs, the date “1st July 1996”.\n(3) In any proceedings for an offence under regulation 44(1)(a) as read with regulation 33, paragraph (1) of this regulation shall be read as if for the date “1st July 1997” there were substituted the date “1st January 1997”.",
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      "text": "S.I. 1984/1519, amended by S.I. 1984/1714, 1985/71, 1068, 1986/836, 1987/26, 2014, 1988/2084, 1989/809, 1990/1, 816, 2505, 2506, 2625, 1992/1971, 1978, 1993/2731, 1994/960, 1486, 2127, 1995/77."
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      "text": "S.I. 1983/938, amended by S.I. 1985/1068, 1990/2508, 2625, 1995/1372."
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      "type": "footnote",
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