The Notification of Marketing of Food for Particular Nutritional Uses Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Application of various provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

7.  The following provisions of the Order shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations and any reference in those provisions to the Order or Part thereof shall be construed for the purposes of these Regulations as a reference to these Regulations:

(a) Articles 2(4) and 3 (extended meaning of “sale” etc);

(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) as it applies for the purposes of Article 13 or 14 of the Order;

(e) Article 21 (defence of publication in the course of business);

(f) Article 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);

(g) Article 34(1) (obstruction etc. of officers);

(h) 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 that paragraph as applied by paragraph (g);

(i) Article 36(1) (punishment of offences) in so far as it relates to offences under Article 34(1) as applied by paragraph (g);

(j) Article 36(2) and (3) in so far as it relates to offences under Article 34(2) as applied by paragraph (h);.