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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ionising-radiation-medical-exposure-regulations-2017/regulation-19",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1322",
  "legislation_title": "The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ionising-radiation-medical-exposure-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Defence of due diligence",
  "text": "In any proceedings against any person for an offence consisting of the contravention of these Regulations it is a defence for that person to show that the person took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 19 in force at 6.2.2018, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1322/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:03:58.483618+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."
}