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Regulation 8 Defence in relation to exportsI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it shall be a defence for the accused to prove –

(a)

that the food in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was intended for export to a country which has legislation analogous to these Regulations and that the food complies with that legislation; and

(b)

in the case of export to an EEA State, that the legislation complies with the provisions of Council Directive 2001/111/EC of the European Parliament and the Council relating to certain sugars intended for human consumptionf1.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 8 in operation at 21.7.2003, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

O.J. No. L10, 12.1.2002, p. 53. As to the incorporation of Council Directive 2001/111/EC into the Agreement on the European Economic Area see O.J. No. L298, 31.10.02, p. 10