{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-emergency-pipe-line-valve-regulations-1989/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-emergency-pipe-line-valve-regulations-1989/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1029",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Emergency Pipe-line Valve) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-emergency-pipe-line-valve-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) In the event of a contravention of regulation 9 above, the person contravening the regulation shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) In any proceedings for an offence under this regulation it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove:–\n(a) that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence; and\n(b) that the relevant contravention was committed without his consent, connivance or wilful default.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1029/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:42:18.547585+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."
}