{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boiler-efficiency-regulations-1993/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boiler-efficiency-regulations-1993/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3083",
  "legislation_title": "The Boiler (Efficiency) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boiler-efficiency-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Defences.",
  "text": "(1) In any proceedings against any person for the offence of contravening regulation 4(1), 6(1) or 9(6), it shall be a defence for that person to show that —\n(a) he reasonably believed that the boiler or appliance would not be put into service in the Community; or\n(b) at the time the boiler or appliance was supplied or put into service he neither knew or had reasonable grounds for believing that the efficiency requirements were not satisfied by the boiler or appliance in question; or\n(c) the terms on which the boiler or appliance was supplied or put into service indicated that it was not supplied or to be supplied as new.\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), in proceedings against a person for an offence under regulation 13 it shall be a defence for a person to show that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.\n(3) Where in any proceedings against any person for such an offence the defence provided by paragraph (2) involves an allegation that the commission of the offence was due —\n(a) to the act or default of another; or\n(b) to reliance on information given by another, that person shall not, without leave of the court, be entitled to rely on the defence unless, not less than seven clear days before the hearing of the proceedings, he has served a notice under paragraph (4) on the person bringing the proceedings.\n(4) A person serving a notice under this paragraph shall give such information identifying or assisting in the identification of the person who is alleged to have committed the act or default or to have given the information as is in the possession of the person serving the notice at the time he serves it.\n(5) A person shall not be entitled to rely on the defence provided by paragraph (2) by reason of his reliance on information supplied by another, unless he shows that it was reasonable in all the circumstances for him to have relied on the information, having regard in particular —\n(a) to steps which he took, and those which might reasonably have been taken, for the purpose of verifying the information; and\n(b) to whether he had any reason to disbelieve the information.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/3083",
      "affecting_title": "The Boiler (Efficiency) (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3083/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:45:05.409452+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."
}