PART 5 E+WMiscellaneous provisions

Application of various provisions of the ActE+W

39.—(1) The following provisions of the Act apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modifications mentioned in paragraph (2)—

(2) The modifications are—

(a)any reference in the provisions specified in paragraph (1) to the Act (or a Part of the Act) must be construed as a reference to these Regulations;

(b)any reference in the provisions specified in paragraph (1) to an authorised officer, or an officer of an enforcement authority or food authority, must be construed as a reference to an authorised officer as defined in regulation 3(1) of these Regulations;

(c)in relation to section 20, the reference to that section must be construed as including a reference to that section as applied to these Regulations by paragraph (1);

(d)in relation to section 21(2), the words “section 14 or 15 above” must be replaced with the words “ these Regulations ”;

(e)in relation to section 29—

(i)in paragraph (b)(ii), the reference to section 32 must be construed as including a reference to regulation 20 of these Regulations; and

(ii)in paragraph (d), the omission of the words “or of regulations or orders made under it”;

(f)in relation to section 30(8)(a), the omission of the words “under subsection (6) above”; and

(g)in relation to section 44, any reference to a food authority must be construed as a reference to an enforcement authority.

Marginal Citations

M1Section 21(2) was amended by S.I. 2004/3279.