Food and Drugs (Legal Proceedings) (Scotland) Regulations 1962
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1962/1668 |
| Year | 1962 |
1962 No. 1668 (S. 68)
FOOD AND DRUGS
The Food and Drugs (Legal Proceedings) (Scotland) Regulations 196227thJuly 1962
8thAugust 1962
9thAugust 1962
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4, 7, 16 and 56 of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956(a) and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, and after consultation with such organisations as appear to me to be representative of interests substantially affected by these regulations and after reference to the Scottish Food Hygiene Council under section 25 of the said Act, I hereby make the following regulations:—
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Food and Drugs (Legal Proceedings) (Scotland) Regulations 1962, and shall come into operation on 9th August 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. The Regulations, the short titles of which are set out in the first column of the Schedule to these regulations, shall be amended by adding thereto in each case the following regulation:—
"(1) Sections 41 (2) and (5) (which relates to proceedings), 42 (1), (2) and (3) (which relates to evidence of certificates of analysis), 44 (which relates to the power of a court to require analysis by the Government Chemist), 46 (2) (which relates to the conditions under which a warranty may be pleaded as a defence) and 47 (which relates to offences in relation to warranties and certificates of analysis) of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 shall apply for the purposes of these regulations as if references therein to proceedings, or a prosecution, under or taken under that Act included references to proceedings, or a prosecution as the case may be, taken for an offence against these regulations and in addition as if—
(a) in the case of section 44 (1) of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956, the reference therein to section 41 (5) of that Act included a reference to said section 41 (5) as applied by these regulations; and
(b) in the case of section 47 (1) and (2) of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956, the references therein to an offence against that Act included references to an offence against these regulations.
(2) Section 41 (4) of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 shall apply for the purposes of these regulations as if the reference therein to section 47 of that Act included a reference to said section 47 as applied by these regulations."
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