Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 1414

The Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

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" Application of various provisions of the Act
     10.  - (1) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in them to the Act shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations - 


     section 2 (extended meaning of "sale" etc.);

     section 3 (presumption that food is intended for human consumption);

     section 20 (offences due to fault of another person);

     section 21 (defence of due diligence) as it applies for the purposes of section 8, 14 or 15;

     section 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);

     section 35(1) to (3) (punishment of offences) in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(1) and (2));

     section 36 (offences by bodies corporate);

     section 50 (service of documents).



    (2) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations, and any reference in those sections to the Act shall be construed for the purposes of these Regulations as including a reference to the Community provisions - 



     section 32 (powers of entry);

     section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers);

     section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).".

     4. In the Schedule (Community provisions), there shall be inserted at the end of paragraph 2, in column 1 (Regulations of the European Communities) and column 2 (Official Journal of the European Community: References) the following entries - 

" (h) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1511/96

OJ No. L189, 30.7.96, p.91".

Lord Donoghue
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

30th May 1997



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health


Tessa Jowell
Minister of State for Public Health, Department of Health

2nd June 1997



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales


Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

4th June 1997


Sewel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

28th May 1997

[2] S.I. 1995/1544, amended by S.I. 1996/1725. back