PART 3

CHAPTER 3EXEMPTIONS, PENALTIES, DUE DILIGENCE DEFENCE

Due diligence defence21

In any proceedings for an offence under Article 31(1)(c) of the 1978 Order, as applied by these Regulations to regulations 11 and 12(2), the Biocides Regulation and the CLP Regulation, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that that person took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.