The Contaminants in Food Regulations 1997

Application of various sections of the Act

6.—(1) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations which application shall, in the case of section 21, be as that section applies for the purposes of section 8, 14 or 15 of the Act and unless the context otherwise requires any reference in them to the Act or Part thereof shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations—

• section 20 (offences due to fault of another person);

• section 21 (defence of due diligence);

• section 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);

• section 35(1) to (3) (punishment of offences) in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(1) and (2); and

• section 36 (offences by bodies corporate).

(2) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations and any reference in those sections to the Act or to the execution of the Act shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be construed as including a reference to, respectively, Article 2.1 and the execution of the provisions of the Commission Regulation and these Regulations—

• section 32 (powers of entry);

• section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers); and

• section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).