{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/273",
  "legislation_title": "The Explosives (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Defence",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence for a contravention of any of the provisions of these Regulations and the CLP Regulation it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that the person took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 14-17 revoked (except to the extent they continue to apply for the purposes of enforcing reg. 12 of S.R. 2009/273) (with effect in accordance with reg. 11(b) of the amending Rule) by The Explosives (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/236), regs. 1(2), 11(b) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in operation at 24.8.2009, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/273/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:30:58.260103+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."
}