{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-135",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-135.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1969/6",
  "legislation_title": "Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-act-northern-ireland-1969",
  "path": "section/135",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "135",
  "heading": "Persons not to be under liability for contraventions which it was impracticable to avoid or prevent.",
  "text": "It shall be a defence in any legal proceedings to recover damages and in any prosecution, in so far as the proceedings or prosecution are or is based on an allegation of a contravention, in relation to a mine, of—\n(a) a provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations (not being a provision which expressly provides that a person is to be guilty of an offence); or\n(b) a direction, prohibition, restriction, or requirement given or imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by the Executive or an inspector; or\n(c) a condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by the Executive; [ or\n(d) a requirement or prohibition imposed by or under such health and safety regulations as are mentioned in subsection (1)( d) of section 130 of this Act;]\nto prove that it was impracticable to avoid or prevent the contravention.",
  "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/135",
    "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."
}