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Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Offences - Defences

256: Employees and agents have same defences

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"Workers have the same rights to defend themselves as their bosses under the Food Act 2014."

If you work for someone or a company, you can use the same defences as them if you are charged with an offence under the Food Act 2014. The defences in sections 251 to 255 are available to you in the same way as they would be to the company or person you work for. You can use these defences to the same extent as the company or person you work for if they were charged with the offence.

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Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Offences: Defences

256Employees and agents have same defences

  1. The defences in sections 251 to 255 are available to an employee or agent of a body corporate, a principal, or an individual in the same manner and to the same extent as they would be available to the body corporate, principal, or individual if the body corporate, principal, or individual were charged with the offence.