# The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021, Regulation 13: Defence of due diligence

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(1) Where a person is charged with an offence under these Regulations, it is a defence for that person to show that the person took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to prevent the offence being committed.
(2) Where the defence provided by paragraph (1) involves an allegation that the commission of the offence was due to the act or omission of another person, the person charged must not, without leave of the court, be entitled to rely on the defence unless, within the period of 7 days before the hearing, the person charged has served on the prosecutor a notice giving such information identifying or assisting in the identification of the other person as was then in the possession of the person charged.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/410/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-scotland-regulations-2021/regulation-13
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