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Food Standards Act 1999

Type Public General Act

Publication 1999-11-11

Last updated 2022-06-28

State In force

Department Statute Law Database

Source legislation.gov.uk

articles 7

Reform history JSON API

71

Words in s. 22(2)(b)(ii) substituted (25.5.2007) by Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 66

72

Words in s. 32(1)(b) inserted (25.5.2007) by Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 67

73

Words in s. 32(2)(b) inserted (25.5.2007) by Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 67

74

Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(2) inserted (25.5.2007) by Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 68

75

Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(7) inserted (25.5.2007) by Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 68

76

Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(5) inserted (25.5.2007) by Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 68

77

S. 19 applied (E.) (14.12.2007) by Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3185), regs. 1(b), 7(6)

78

S. 19 applied (with modifications) (W.) (14.12.2007) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3294), regs. 1, 7(6)

79

S. 19 applied (S.) (14.12.2007) by Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/522), regs. 1(b), 8(6) (with reg. 49(2)-(4))

80

S. 19 applied (N.I.) (14.12.2007) by The Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/482), regs. 1, 7(6)

81

S. 19 applied (W.) (25.1.2010) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3376), regs. 1, 7(6)

82

S. 19 applied (E.) (25.1.2010) by Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3255), reg. 7(6)

83

S. 19 applied (S.) (25.1.2010) by Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/446), regs. 1(b), 7(6)

84

S. 19 applied (N.I.) (25.1.2010) by The Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/427), regs. 1, 7(6)

85

Sch. 3 para. 21 repealed (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 26 para. 15, Sch. 28 (with reg. 1(2), Sch. 4)

86

Sch. 5 para. 43 repealed (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 28 (with reg. 1(2), Sch. 4)

87

Words in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3, 6 (with art. 3(2)(3)4(2)6(4)(5))

88

Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(a) inserted (1.10.2012) by The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2404), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 43 (with art. 5)

89

Sch. 3 para. 16(6) repealed (27.3.2015) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Advisory Committees on Pesticides) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/978), art. 1(2), Sch. Pt. 1

90

Act relevant functions cease to be exercisable (S.) (1.4.2015) by Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1), ss. 32, 63(2) (with s. 62); S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2

91

S. 17 repealed (S.) (1.4.2015) by Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1), s. 63(2), sch. para. 7(2) (with s. 62); S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2

92

S. 27 repealed (S.) (1.4.2015) by Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1), s. 63(2), sch. para. 7(2) (with s. 62); S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2

93

S. 30 repealed (S.) (1.4.2015) by Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1), s. 63(2), sch. para. 7(2) (with s. 62); S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2

94

S. 43(6) inserted (S.) (1.4.2015) by Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1), s. 63(2), sch. para. 7(3)(b) (with s. 62); S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2

95

Words in s. 43(5) inserted (S.) (1.4.2015) by Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1), s. 63(2), sch. para. 7(3)(a) (with s. 62); S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2

96

Word in Sch. 1 para. 4(a) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 18

97

Words in s. 19(2) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 46(2) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)

98

Words in s. 19(8) inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 46(3) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)

99

Sch. 3 para. 21 substituted (S.) (1.9.2018) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/219), reg. 1, sch. 6 para. 4 (with reg. 78, sch. 5 para. 2)

100

Sch. 5 para. 43(6) repealed (S.) (1.9.2018) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/219), reg. 1, sch. 7 para. 1 (with reg. 78, sch. 5 para. 2)

101

Sch. 5 para. 43(2)-(4) repealed (S.) (1.9.2018) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/219), reg. 1, sch. 7 para. 1 (with reg. 78, sch. 5 para. 2)

102

S. 25A inserted (E.W.) (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 54(3), 208(5)(f) (with s. 54(5)-(10))

Modification of certain provisions of this Act.

Obstruction of food crime officers

25A

(1) A person commits an offence if the person—

(a) intentionally obstructs a food crime officer who is acting in the exercise of functions conferred on the officer by virtue of section 114C of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE powers for food crime officers),

(b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement made of the person by such a food crime officer who is so acting, or

(c) in purported compliance with such a requirement provides information which the person knows to be false or misleading in any material particular or recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in any material particular.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine, or to both.

(3) In this section “food crime officer” has the meaning given by section 114C of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE powers for food crime officers).

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