{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1980/section-71",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1980/section-71.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/62",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/71",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "Defences in connection with carriage of alcohol.",
  "text": "Where a person is charged with an offence under section 69(b) , 70 or 70A(4) of this Act, it shall be a defence for him to prove that the alcohol was carried on the vehicle without his consent or connivance and that he did all he reasonably could to prevent such carriage.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 11"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/62/section/71",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:02.530874+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."
}