{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-single-european-sky-penalties-order-2009/article-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1735",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Single European Sky) (Penalties) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-single-european-sky-penalties-order-2009",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Defence",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence under article 11(1), (2), (3)(a), (4)(a), (aa), (b), or (f), or (4A) of this Order, it is a defence for the person charged to prove that person took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to ensure that the article in question was complied with.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 12 substituted (12.12.2013) by The Air Navigation (Single European Sky) (Penalties) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2874), arts. 1, 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1735/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:09:49.584484+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}