{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-food-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-food-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/187",
  "legislation_title": "Medical Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-food-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Application of various provisions of the Order",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Order shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations and any reference in them to the Order shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations:\n(a) Articles 2(4) and 3 (extended meaning of “sale” etc.);\n(b) Article 4 (presumption that food intended for human consumption);\n(c) Article 19 (offences due to fault of another person);\n(d) Article 20 (defence of due diligence) as it applies for the purposes of Article 7, 13 or 14 of the Order;\n(e) Article 21 (defence of publication in the course of business);\n(f) Article 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);\n(g) Article 34 (obstruction, etc., of officers);\n(h) Article 36 (punishment of offences) in so far as it relates to offences under Article 34(1) and (2) as applied by paragraph (g).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (22.2.2020) by The Food Safety (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/16), reg. 1, Sch. 2 reg. 7 (with reg. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/187/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:15:24.368401+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."
}