{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-134",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-134.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1969/6",
  "legislation_title": "Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-act-northern-ireland-1969",
  "path": "section/134",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "134",
  "heading": "Defence available to person charged with offence not committed personally.",
  "text": "In any proceedings under this Act which, by virtue of section 130(1), are taken against a person in respect of the contravention by a person other than himself of—\n(a) a provision of the Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations, being a provision which expressly imposes on that other person or on persons of a class to which, at the time of the contravention, he belonged, a duty or requirement or expressly prohibits him or persons of such a class or all persons from doing a specified act; or\n(b) a prohibition, restriction or requirement which by virtue of a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by the Executive or an inspector is expressly imposed on that other person; [ or\n(c) a requirement or prohibition imposed by or under health and safety regulations which expressly apply to all mines, any class of mine or a particular mine being a requirement expressly imposed on that person or on persons of a class to which, at the time of the contravention, he belonged, or a prohibition expressly imposed on him or on persons of such class or on all persons from doing a specified act;]\nit shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he used all due diligence to secure compliance with the provision, prohibition, restriction or requirement, as the case may be.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SR 1999/150"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "SR 1980/333"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/6/section/134",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:58.843167+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."
}