# Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Article 37: Onus of proving limits of what is practicable etc.


In any proceedings for an offence under any of the relevant statutory provisions consisting of a failure to comply with a duty or requirement to do something so far as is practicable or so far as is reasonably practicable, it shall be for the accused to prove (as the case may be) that it was not practicable or not reasonably practicable to do more than was in fact done to satisfy the duty or requirement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/1039/article/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-northern-ireland-order-1978/article-37
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