PART V ADMINISTRATION, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT

17 Application of various sections of the Act
The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as they apply for the purposes of sections 8, 14 or 15 of the Act and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in them to the Act shall be construed as a reference to the Regulations—
section 2 (extended meaning of “sale” etc.);
section 3 (presumptions that food intended for human consumption);
section 9 (inspection and seizure of suspected food) with the modification that it shall apply to an authorised officer of an enforcement authority as it applies to an authorised officer of a food authority;
section 20 (offences due to fault of another person);
section 21 (defence of due diligence);
section 33 (obstruction, etc. of officers);
section 36 (offences by bodies corporate), subject to the modification that a reference to a body corporate shall include a Scottish partnership and a reference to a director shall include a partner in a Scottish partnership; and
section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).