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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-and-pig-carcase-classification-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-27",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2010/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-and-pig-carcase-classification-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Defence of due diligence",
  "text": "It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under these Regulations (“P”) to prove that P took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence by P or by a person under P's control.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/330/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:53:59.148084+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."
}