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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spreadable-fats-marketing-standards-regulations-1995/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3116",
  "legislation_title": "The Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spreadable-fats-marketing-standards-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Defence in relation to exports",
  "text": "In any proceedings under these Regulations it shall be a defence for the person charged 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 it complies with that legislation; and\n(b) that the legislation complies with the Council Regulations in the case of—\n(i) export to a member State, or\n(ii) where there is a decision by the EEA Joint Committee under Article 98 of the EEA Agreement to amend it to refer to the Council Regulation, export to an EEA State which is not a member State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/452",
      "affecting_title": "The Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/452",
      "affecting_title": "The Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3116/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:57:00.345436+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."
}