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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-in-compressed-air-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-20",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/241",
  "legislation_title": "Work in Compressed Air Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
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  "path": "regulation/20",
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  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Defence in proceedings",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of regulation 14(3) or 17(3) it shall be a defence for any person to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of that offence.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in operation at 5.7.2004, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/241/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:57:29.152617+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."
}