Application of various provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991
10. The following provisions of the Order shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in those provisions to the Order or a Part of it shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations—
(a)Article 2(6) (which relates to territorial waters);
(b)Article 4 (presumptions that food intended for human consumption);
(c)Article 19 (offences due to fault of another person);
(d)Article 20 (defence of due diligence)(1) with the modification that paragraphs (2) to (4) shall apply in relation to an offence under regulation 9(1) consisting of a contravention of regulation 3, 4, or 5(4) as they apply in relation to an offence under Article 13 or 14 and that in paragraph 4(b) the references to “sale” shall be deemed to include references to “placing on the market”;
(e)Article 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);
(f)Article 34(1) (obstruction etc. of officers);
(g)Article 34(2), with the modification that the reference to “any such requirement as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)” shall be deemed to be a reference to any such requirement as is mentioned in Article 34(1)(b) as applied by sub-paragraph (f);
(h)Article 36(1) (punishment of offences), in so far as it relates to offences under Article 34(1) as applied by sub-paragraph (f); and
(i)Article 36(2) and (3)(2), in so far as it relates to offences under Article 34(2) as applied by sub-paragraph (g).
Article 20 was amended by S.R. 2004 No.505
Article 36(3) was amended by S.R. 2004 No.05