{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-road-driver-training-regulations-1996/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-road-driver-training-regulations-1996/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2094",
  "legislation_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-road-driver-training-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Transitional defence",
  "text": "(1) In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of regulation 3 or 4(1) of these Regulations prior to 1st January 1997 in relation to the carriage of dangerous goods other than radioactive material it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that, as regards the carriage concerned, he has complied with the relevant requirements (if any) of regulation 4 or 5(1), respectively, of the 1992 Regulations, as in force immediately before these Regulations came into force.\n(2) Without prejudice to the availability of the defence in paragraph (1), in any proceedings for an offence—\n(a) consisting of a contravention of regulations 3 or 4(1) of these Regulations prior to 1st July 1997; and\n(b) in relation to the carriage of radioactive material,\nit shall be a defence for the accused to prove that, as regards the carriage concerned, he has complied with the relevant requirements (if any) of regulation 4 or 5(1), respectively, of the 1992 Regulations, as in force immediately before these Regulations came into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2094/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:08.348796+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."
}