# The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015, Regulation 17: Defence


In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations against a person who supplies any tobacco product in breach of any provision of these Regulations, it is a defence that the person neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for suspecting that the tobacco product was supplied in breach of that provision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111129876/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-regulations-2015/regulation-17
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