{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-improvement-act-northern-ireland-1968/section-11",
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  "legislation": "apni/1968/12",
  "legislation_title": "Poultry Improvement Act (Northern Ireland) 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-improvement-act-northern-ireland-1968",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Defence of act of third party mistake, accident, etc.",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence under section 10 it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove—\n(a)that the commission of the offence was due to the act of some other person, or to a mistake, or to an accident or some other cause beyond his control; and\n(b)that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence by himself or any person acting on his behalf.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1968/12/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:30:14.819136+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."
}