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Confined Spaces Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
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- 1999 No. 13
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Defence in proceedings
7.—(1) In any proceedings for an offence for a contravention of regulation 5(3) it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove—
(a)that the contravention was due to the act or default of another person not being one of his employees (hereinafter called “the other person”); and
(b)that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the contravention.
(2) The person charged shall not, without leave of the court, be entitled to rely on the defence referred to in paragraph (1) unless, within a period ending seven 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 the other person as was then in his possession.
(3) Where a contravention of the provision referred to in paragraph (1) by any person is due to the act or default of some other person, that other person shall be guilty of the offence which would, but for any defence under this regulation available to the first-mentioned person, be constituted by the act or default.
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