{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-business-protection-from-misleading-marketing-regulations-2008/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-business-protection-from-misleading-marketing-regulations-2008/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110811475",
  "legislation_title": "The Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-business-protection-from-misleading-marketing-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Offence due to the default of another person",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a person “X”—\n(a) commits an offence under regulation 6, or\n(b) would have committed an offence under regulation 6 but for a defence under regulation 11 or 12,\nand the commission of the offence, or of what would have been an offence but for X being able to rely on a defence under regulations 11 or 12, is due to the act or default of some other person “Y”.\n(2) Where this regulation applies Y shall be guilty of the offence subject to regulations 11 and 12 whether or not Y is a trader and whether or not Y’s act or default is advertising.\n(3) Y may be charged with and convicted of the offence by virtue of paragraph (2) whether or not proceedings are taken against X.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110811475/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:16:41.509697+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."
}