FOOD ACT 2008 - SECT 30
FOOD ACT 2008 - SECT 30
30 . Alternative verdicts for serious food offences
(1) If, on the trial
of a person charged with an offence against section 14, the court is not
satisfied that the person committed the offence but is satisfied that the
person committed an offence against section 17(1), the court may find the
person not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence against
section 17(1), and the person is liable to be punished accordingly.
(2) If, on the trial
of a person charged with an offence against section 15, the court is not
satisfied that the person committed the offence but is satisfied that the
person committed an offence against section 17(2), the court may find the
person not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence against
section 17(2), and the person is liable to be punished accordingly.