{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-england-regulations-2004/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-england-regulations-2004/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3348",
  "legislation_title": "The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-england-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995",
  "text": "In regulation 11 (transitional provision and exemption) after paragraph (1A) there shall be inserted the following paragraph —\n“(1B) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations which allege a contravention of regulations 3, 4 or 5 it shall be a defence to prove that —\n(a) the act was committed before 29th January 2006;\n(b) the act was that of —\n(i) selling a sweetener or food,\n(ii) using a sweetener in or on food,\nwhich in either case was placed on the market before 29th July 2005; and\n(c) the matter constituting the offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations if the amendments made by regulations 3(1)(a) or (c) or (2), or 4 to 7 of the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004 had not been made when the act was committed.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3348/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:12:52.728534+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."
}