{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-2004/regulation-6A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-2004/regulation-6A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3279",
  "legislation_title": "The General Food Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/6A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6A",
  "heading": "Defence for exports",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence of contravening or failing to comply with food law it shall be a defence for the accused to prove–\n(a) that the item in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was intended for export to a third country and that the item could lawfully be exported there under Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002; ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 6A inserted (S.) (1.1.2006) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/616), regs. 1(b), 41(5); (E.) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2626), regs. 1(b), 41(5); and (W.) The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3254), regs. 1, 41(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 6A revoked (E.) (31.12.2013) by The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2996), reg. 1(1)(c), Sch. 9 (with reg. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6A(a) substituted (W.) (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/434), regs. 1(3), 2(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 6A(b) and word omitted (W.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/434), regs. 1(3), 2(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to E.W. only. The original version was inserted for E.W.S. It has been revoked in relation to E, and a new version substituted for S."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3279/regulation/6A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:13:22.131848+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."
}