{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-scotland-regulations-1989/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-scotland-regulations-1989/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/581",
  "legislation_title": "The Preservatives in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-scotland-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Application of various sections of the Act",
  "text": "Sections 41(2) and (5) (which relate to proceedings), 42(1), (2) and (3) (which relate to evidence of analysis), 44 (which relates to the power of a court to require analysis by the Government Chemist), 45 (which relates to a contravention due to default by some person other than the person charged), 46(2) (which relates to the conditions under which a warranty may be pleaded as a defence) and 47 (which relates to offences in relation to warranties and certificates of analysis) of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as if references therein to proceedings, or a prosecution, under or taken or brought under the Act included references to proceedings, or a prosecution as the case may be, taken or brought for an offence under these Regulations and as if the reference in the said section 44 to section 41(5) included a reference to that subsection as applied by these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/2625",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Safety Act 1990 (Consequential Modifications) (Scotland) Order 1990"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/581/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:46:06.805662+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."
}