# The Merchant Shipping (Passengers’ Rights) Regulations 2013, Regulation 6: Defence

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in proceedings against any person for an offence under regulation 3, it is a defence for that person to show that they took all reasonable steps to avoid committing the offence.
(2) A person is not entitled to rely on the defence provided by paragraph (1) by reason of their reliance on information supplied to them, unless they show that it was reasonable in all the circumstances to have relied on that information.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/425/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passengers-rights-regulations-2013/regulation-6
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