# Office and Shop Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, Section 63: Defence available to persons charged with offences.


It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence arising out of—
(a) a contravention of a provision either of this Act or of regulations thereunder; or
(b) a failure to comply with any condition subject to which an exemption from any requirement of such a provision has been granted;
to prove that he used all due diligence to secure compliance with that provision or, as the case may be, that condition.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/26/section/63 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/office-and-shop-premises-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-63
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