{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-food-england-regulations-2004/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-food-england-regulations-2004/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2335",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Food (England) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-food-england-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Application of various provisions of the Act",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations and Regulation 1829/2003 as they apply for the purposes of the Act —\n(a) section 3 (presumption that food is intended for human consumption);\n(b) section 20 (offences due to the fault of another person);\n(c) section 21 (defence of due diligence) as it applies for the purposes of sections 8, 14 or 15 of that Act;\n(d) section 22 (defence of publication in the course of business);\n(e) section 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);\n(f) section 33(1) (obstruction, etc. of officers);\n(g) section 33(2), with the modification that the reference to “any such requirement as is mentioned in subsection 1(b) above” shall be deemed to be a reference to any such requirement as is mentioned in that subsection as applied by sub–paragraph (f);\n(h) section 35(1) (punishment of offences) insofar as it relates to offences under section 33(1) as applied by sub–paragraph (f);\n(i) section 35(2) and (3) insofar as it relates to offences under section 33(2) as applied by sub–paragraph (g);\n(j) section 36 (offences by bodies corporate); and\n(k) section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).\n(2) Section 34 (time limit for prosecutions) shall apply to offences under regulation 5 as it applies to offences punishable under section 35(2) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2335/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:18:56.708769+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."
}