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Valid from 01/04/2017
5Defence of due diligence for certain offencesS
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After section 4C of the 2010 Act (inserted by section 4) insert—
“4DDefence of due diligence for certain offences
(1)It is a defence for a person charged with an offence to which this section applies to prove that the person (or any employee or agent of the person) took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to prevent the offence being committed.
(2)This section applies to an offence under any of the following provisions of this Act—
(a)section 4(1),
(b)section 4A(1),
(c)section 4C(1).”.
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