{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-protection-from-unfair-trading-regulations-2008/regulation-18",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110811574",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-protection-from-unfair-trading-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Innocent publication of advertisement defence",
  "text": "(1) In any proceedings against a person for an offence under regulation 9, 10, 11 or 12 committed by the publication of an advertisement it shall be a defence for a person to prove that—\n(a) he is a person whose business it is to publish or to arrange for the publication of advertisements;\n(b) he received the advertisement for publication in the ordinary course of business; and\n(c) he did not know and had no reason to suspect that its publication would amount to an offence under the regulation to which the proceedings relate.\n(2) In paragraph (1) “advertisement” includes a catalogue, a circular and a price list.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110811574/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:16:40.557752+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."
}