{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-sugar-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-sugar-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/301",
  "legislation_title": "Specified Sugar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-sugar-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Defence in relation to exports",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it shall be a defence for the accused to prove –\n(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\n(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 consumption.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in operation at 21.7.2003, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "nisr/2005/574",
      "affecting_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/301",
      "affecting_title": "Specified Sugar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/301/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:02:20.266131+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."
}