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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1994/regulation-22",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/670",
  "legislation_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Defence in criminal proceedings for contravening these Regulations",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of these Regulations, except regulation 21, it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/670/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:37:41.456462+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."
}