{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultrymeat-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultrymeat-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2011/1719",
  "legislation_title": "The Poultrymeat (Wales) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultrymeat-wales-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Defences",
  "text": "(1) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under these Regulations to prove that that person took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.\n(2) A may not rely on a defence that involves an allegation that the commission of the offence was due to the act or default of B unless—\n(a) at least seven days before the hearing A has given to the prosecutor a notice in writing giving such information identifying or assisting in the identification of B as was then in A's possession; or\n(b) the court grants A leave.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/1719/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:50:08.566959+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."
}