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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borehole-sites-and-operations-regulations-northern-ireland-1995/regulation-11",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/491",
  "legislation_title": "Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borehole-sites-and-operations-regulations-northern-ireland-1995",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Defence",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of these Regulations or a contravention of any requirement or prohibition imposed thereunder, it shall be a defence for any person to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of that offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1995/491/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:38:19.787328+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."
}