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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-lot-marking-regulations-1996/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1502",
  "legislation_title": "The Food (Lot Marking) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-lot-marking-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Application of provisions of the Food Safety Act",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as they apply for the purpose 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);\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 33 (obstruction etc. of officers);\nsection 36 (offences by bodies corporate);\nsection 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 1.7.1996, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1502/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:42:08.914901+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."
}