Regulation 34 Mandatory occurrence reporting: defencesI1

Where a principal dutyholder has committed an offence under section 35 of the 1984 Act of contravening these Regulations by failing to follow the reporting procedure in relation to a safety occurrence as required by regulation 33 (mandatory occurrence reporting: reporting to the regulator), it is a defence for the principal dutyholder if it reasonably believed that the other principal dutyholder had—