Regulation 20 Application of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990

Section 2(1) (extended meaning of “sale” etc) of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as it applies for the purposes of the Act.

These Regulations shall apply in relation to food in relation to which section 2(2) of the Act applies as that subsection applies to it.

Section 3(2), (3) and (4) (presumptions that food is intended for human consumption) of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as they apply for the purposes of the Act.

Section 8(3) (which makes presumptions in the case of batches etc of food) of the Act shall apply to food which it is an offence to sell under these Regulations as it applies to food which fails to comply with food safety requirements.

Section 9 (inspection and seizure of suspected food) of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as if food which it were an offence to sell under these Regulations were food which failed to comply with food safety requirements.

Section 20 (offences due to fault of another person) of the Act shall apply to offences under these Regulations as it applies to offences under provisions of Part II of the Act which precede that section.

Section 21 (defence of due diligence) of the Act shall apply to offences under these Regulations as it applies to offences under any provision which is both a relevant provision for the purpose of subsection (1) of that section and specifically mentioned in subsection (2) of that section.

Section 30(8) (which relates to the sufficiency of certain documents) of the Act shall apply to proceedings under these Regulations as it applies to proceedings under the Act.

Section 33 (which relates to the obstruction of officers) of the Act shall apply in relation to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations as it applies in relation to any person acting in the execution of the Act and shall so apply as if assistance or information which that person might reasonably require for the purpose of enforcement or execution of these Regulations were assistance or information which he might reasonably require for the performance of his functions under the Act.

Section 34 (which relates to time limits for the beginning of prosecutions) of the Act shall apply in relation to offences under these Regulations as it applies to offences punishable under section 35(2) of the Act.

Section 36 (which relates to offences by bodies corporate) of the Act shall apply to offences under these Regulations as it applies to offences under the Act.

Section 41 (which relates to the power to require returns) shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as it applies for the purposes of the Act.

Section 44 (which relates to the protection of officers acting in good faith) of the Act shall apply to acts done by an officer of a food authority in the execution or purported execution of these Regulations as it applies to acts done by such an officer in the execution or purported execution of the Act.