{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009/regulation-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009/regulation-36.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2048",
  "legislation_title": "The Port Security Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Defence of due diligence",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, in any proceedings against any person for an offence under these Regulations it is a defence for that person to show that they took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.\n(2) Where in any proceedings against any person for such an offence the defence provided in paragraph (1) involves an allegation that the commission of the offence was due to—\n(a) the act or default of another, or\n(b) reliance on information given by another,\nthat person shall not, without the leave of the court, be entitled to rely on the defence unless, within a period ending 7 clear days before the commencement of the hearing of the proceedings (or in Scotland, the trial diet), they have served a notice under paragraph (3) on the person bringing the proceedings.\n(3) A notice under this paragraph is one containing all such information identifying, or assisting in the identification of, the person who committed the act or default or gave the information as is in the possession of the person serving the notice at the time he serves it.\n(4) A person shall not be entitled to rely on the defence provided in paragraph (1) by reason of their reliance on information supplied by another, unless they can show that it was reasonable in all the circumstances to have relied on the information, having regard in particular—\n(a) to the steps which they took, and those which might reasonably have been taken, for the purpose of verifying the information; and\n(b) to whether they had any reason to disbelieve the information.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2048/regulation/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:07:37.619667+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."
}