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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2677",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002",
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  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Defence",
  "text": "Subject to regulation 21 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 , in any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of these Regulations it shall be a defence for any person to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of that offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 1999/3242."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2677/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:42:48.271696+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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