# Christmas Day and New Year's Day Trading (Scotland) Act 2007, Section 6: Defence of due diligence


The offence under section 4 is one of strict liability, but it shall be a defence for an accused to prove that the accused or a person under the control of the accused took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid its commission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/13/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/christmas-day-and-new-years-day-trading-scotland-act-2007/section-6
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