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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-wine-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-18",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/325",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy (Wine) (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-wine-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Defence of due diligence",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence under regulation 14 or 16(b) it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that that person took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence and to avoid the commission of the offence by a person under the control of the person charged.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/325/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:40:28.590488+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."
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