Food and Drugs (Legal Proceedings) Regulations 1962
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1962/1287 |
1962 No. 1287
FOOD AND DRUGS
The Food and Drugs (Legal Proceedings) Regulations 196219thJune 1962
26thJune 1962
27thJune 1962
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Minister of Health, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4, 7, 13 and 123 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following regulations after consultation with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the regulations and reference to the Food Hygiene Advisory Council under section 82 of the said Act:—
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Food and Drugs (Legal Proceedings) Regulations 1962; and shall come into operation on 27th June 1962.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
2.—(1) The regulations specified in the first column of Part I of the Schedule to these regulations shall be amended by adding thereto in each case the following regulation:—
"(1) Sections 108 (3) and (4) (which relates to prosecutions), 110 (1), (2) and (3) (which relates to evidence of analysis), 112 (which relates to the power of a court to require analysis by the Government Chemist), 113 (which relates to a contravention due to some person other than the person charged), 115 (2) (which relates to the conditions under which a warranty may be pleaded as a defence) and 116 (which relates to offences in relation to warranties and certificates of analysis) of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 shall apply for the purposes of these regulations as if references therein to proceedings, or a prosecution, under or taken or brought under that Act included references to proceedings, or a prosecution as the case may be, taken or brought for an offence under these regulations and as if the reference in the said section 112 to subsection (4) of section 108 included a reference to that subsection as applied by these regulations.
(2) Paragraph (b) of the proviso to section 108 (1) of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 shall apply for the purposes of these regulations as if the reference therein to section 116 of that Act included a reference to that section as applied by these regulations."
the regulation so added to be numbered in each case as specified in the second column of the said Part I.
(2) The Lead in Food Regulations 1961(c)...
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