{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-representatives-and-safety-committees-regulations-1989/regulation-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-representatives-and-safety-committees-regulations-1989/regulation-28.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/971",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-representatives-and-safety-committees-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) If an installation owner, installation manager or employer fails to comply with an obligation imposed upon him by these Regulations he shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) In 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 failure to comply was committed without his consent connivance or wilful default.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 28 in force at 18.9.1989, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/738",
      "affecting_title": "The Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/971/regulation/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:43:28.529020+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."
}