{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3082",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Application of various sections of Food Safety Act 1990",
  "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 or 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 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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2001/2198",
      "affecting_title": "The Meat (Enhanced Enforcement Powers) (Wales) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/225",
      "affecting_title": "The Meat (Enhanced Enforcement Powers) (England) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "ssi/2000/171",
      "affecting_title": "The Meat (Enhanced Enforcement Powers) (Scotland) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3082/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:21:43.011400+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."
}