International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act 1976

14Jurisdiction

Any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder may be treated, for the purpose of conferring jurisdiction on a court (but without prejudice to any jurisdiction it may have apart from this section) as having been committed in any of the following places, that is to say—

(a)the place where the transport equipment was being used when evidence of the offence first came to the attention of a constable or an examiner ;

(b)the place where the person charged resides or is or is believed to reside or be at the time when the proceedings are commenced; or

(c)the place where at that time that person has his place or principal place of business or his operating centre for the transport equipment in question.