Application of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990
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(1) The following provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 shall apply for the purposes of the Regulations as they apply for the purposes of sections 8, 14 and 15 of that Act and unless the context otherwise requires a reference in them to the Act shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations: section 2 (extended definition of “sale” etc.); section 3 (presumptions that food intended for human consumption); section 20 (offences due to fault of another person); section 21 (defence of due diligence); section 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence); section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers); section 36 (offences by bodies corporate).
(2) Section 49(4) of the Act shall apply to a certificate given by a proper authority, CERPER or the Peruvian Ministry of Health for the purposes of these Regulations as it applies to documents authorised or required to be given by a food authority, but as if the words “under this section” were omitted.