{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1995/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1995/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/539",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Application of various sections of the Act",
  "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 and 15 of the Act and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in them to the Act shall be construed as a reference to the Regulations—\nsection 2 (extended meaning of “sale” etc.);\nsection 3 (presumption that food is intended for sale for human consumption);\nsection 20 (offences due to fault of other person);\nsection 21 (defence of due diligence);\nsection 33 (obstruction, etc. of officers);\nsection 36 (offences by bodies corporate) subject to the modification that a reference to a body corporate includes a Scottish partnership and a reference to a director includes a partner in Scottish partnership; and\nsection 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/2148",
      "affecting_title": "The Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/539/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:14:57.354475+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."
}