{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/minced-meat-and-meat-preparations-hygiene-regulations-1995/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/minced-meat-and-meat-preparations-hygiene-regulations-1995/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3205",
  "legislation_title": "The Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/minced-meat-and-meat-preparations-hygiene-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Application of various sections of the Act",
  "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 these Regulations—\nsection 2 (extended meaning of “sale” etc.);\nsection 3 (presumptions that food intended for sale for human consumption);\nsection 9 (inspection and seizure of suspected food) with the modification that it shall apply to an authorised officer of an enforcement authority as it applies to an authorised officer of a food authority;\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) subject to the modification that a reference to a body corporate includes a Scottish partnership and a reference to a director includes a reference to a partner in a Scottish partnership; and\nsection 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3205/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:56:06.475078+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."
}