# Transport Act 1980, Section 42: Defences available to persons charged with certain offences.


(1) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under any of the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) to prove that there was a reasonable excuse for the act or omission in respect of which he is charged.
(2) The provisions referred to in subsection (1) are—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in the 1960 Act—
i), (ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii) so much of section 232(3) as relates to failure to comply with the requirement of section 232(2)(b); and
(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/34/section/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1980/section-42
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