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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-household-electric-ovens-regulations-2003/schedule-6/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-household-electric-ovens-regulations-2003/schedule-6/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/751",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Information (Household Electric Ovens) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-household-electric-ovens-regulations-2003",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In proceedings against a person for an offence under these Regulations, it shall be a defence for that person to show that he believed that these Regulations did not apply and he had no reasonable grounds for believing that these Regulations might apply.\n(2) In proceedings against a person for an offence under these Regulations, it shall be a defence for that person to show that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1277",
      "affecting_title": "The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/2559",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1277",
      "affecting_title": "The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/751/schedule/6/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:28:23.640290+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."
}