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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-34",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/179",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Asbestos Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
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  "path": "regulation/34",
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  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Defence",
  "text": "Subject to regulation 21 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 , in any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of Part 2 of these Regulations it shall be a defence for any person to prove that all reasonable precautions were taken and all due diligence was exercised by that person to avoid the commission of that offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.R 2000 No.388, as amended by S.R. 2001 No. 348, S.R. 2003 No. 454, S.R. 2006 No. 255, S.R. 2011 No. 350 and revoked in part by S.R. 2007 No. 291"
    }
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  "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."
}