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The Carriage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

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PART 5N.I.MISCELLANEOUS

Keeping and provision of informationN.I.

21.—(1) An accident report of the kind referred to in Sub-section 1.8.3.6 shall be provided to the Northern Ireland competent authority or enforcement authority if requested.

(2) A written record of the information contained in the transport document described in Chapters 5.4 and 5.5 shall be kept for a period of three months after the completion of the carriage in question.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 21 in operation at 9.4.2010, see reg. 1

EnforcementN.I.

[F122.(1) The enforcing authority for these Regulations is—

(a)the Department of Justice in relation to road, rail and inland waterways;

(b)the Chief Constable in relation to road; and

(c)the Secretary of State for Defence in relation to road, rail and inland waterways but only in connection with those functions for which the Secretary of State for Defence is the Northern Ireland competent authority.]

DefenceN.I.

23.—(1) In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of any of the provisions of these Regulations, it is a defence for the person charged to prove that

(a)the commission of the offence was due to the act or default of another person, not being one of that person’s employees (“the other person”); and

(b)the person took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.

(2) The person charged shall not be entitled, without leave of the court, to rely on the defence referred to in paragraph (1) unless, at least seven clear days before the hearing to determine the mode of trial, 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 the person’s possession.

(3) If a contravention of any of the provisions of these Regulations by any person is due to the act or default of the other person, then that other person is guilty of the offence, which would, but for the defence in paragraph (1), be constituted by the act or default.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 23 in operation at 9.4.2010, see reg. 1

AmendmentsN.I.

24.  The enactments specified in the Table in Schedule 2 are amended in accordance with the provisions of that Table.

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 24 in operation at 9.4.2010, see reg. 1

RevocationsN.I.

25.  The Regulations specified in the Table in Schedule 3 are revoked.

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 25 in operation at 9.4.2010, see reg. 1

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