{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wells-harbour-revision-order-1994/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wells-harbour-revision-order-1994/article-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1440",
  "legislation_title": "The Wells Harbour Revision Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wells-harbour-revision-order-1994",
  "path": "article/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Defence of due diligence",
  "text": "(1) In any proceedings for an offence under articles 22, 23 and 26 of this Order (as the case may be), 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 such an offence.\n(2) If in any case the defence made under paragraph (1) above involves an allegation that the commission of the offence was due to the act or default of another person, the person charged shall not, without the leave of the court, be entitled to rely on that defence unless within a period ending 7 clear days before the hearing, he has served on the prosecutor a notice in writing giving such information identifying or assisting in the identification of that other person as was in the possession of the person charged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1440/article/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:32:24.519793+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."
}