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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-1999/regulation-24",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1957",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Defence to offences",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable steps to avoid the commission of the offence.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1957/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:54.681891+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."
}