{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surplus-food-regulations-1995/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surplus-food-regulations-1995/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/184",
  "legislation_title": "The Surplus Food Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surplus-food-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Defence of due diligence",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence under regulation 4(1)(b) or (c) above it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence by himself or by a person under his control.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/184/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:18:02.289505+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."
}