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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/payment-services-regulations-2017/regulation-140",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/payment-services-regulations-2017/regulation-140.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/752",
  "legislation_title": "The Payment Services Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/payment-services-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/140",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "140",
  "heading": "Defences",
  "text": "In proceedings for an offence under regulation 138 or 139 it is a defence for the accused to show that they took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/752/regulation/140",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:09:36.065342+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."
}