Regulation 10 Enforcement and defence
(1)
(a)
the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978f1 which relate to the approval of codes of practice and their use in criminal proceedings, to enforcement and to offences; and
(b)
Article 43(2) of that Order
shall apply to the provisions of regulations 5 to 8 as if those provisions had been made under Article 17 of that Order whether or not the provisions of that Order would apply but for this paragraph.
(2)
In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations, it shall be a defence for any person to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of that offence.