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FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 31 Alternative verdicts for serious food offences

FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 31

Alternative verdicts for serious food offences

(1)  If, on the trial of a person charged with an offence against section 13 , the trier of fact is not satisfied that the person committed the offence but is satisfied that the person committed an offence against section 16(1) , the trier of fact may find the person not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence against section 16(1) , and the person is liable to punishment accordingly.
(2)  If, on the trial of a person charged with an offence against section 14 , the trier of fact is not satisfied that the person committed the offence but is satisfied that the person committed an offence against section 16(2) , the trier of fact may find the person not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence against section 16(2) , and the person is liable to punishment accordingly.