http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/236/part/4/2015-05-31The Explosives (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015enHEALTH AND SAFETYStatute Law Database2024-05-20Expert Participation2015-05-31 These Regulations, in respect of Northern Ireland, provide for the appointment of competent authorities in relation to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (“the CLP Regulation”, (OJ No. L353, 31.12.08, p.1)). PART 4EXEMPTIONS, PENALTIES, DUE DILIGENCE DEFENCE Exemptions 7 1 A person shall be exempt from compliance with provisions imposing requirements or prohibitions in the CLP Regulation, if that person— a has the benefit of a defence exemption certificate made by the Secretary of State in respect of that provision; or b can demonstrate that the appropriate authorities of another Member State have exempted that person from compliance in the interests of defence. 2 Schedule 1 (defence exemption certificates) shall have effect. 8 1 These Regulations shall not apply to a substance or mixture which is a sample taken by an authority responsible for the enforcement of any requirement of, or prohibition imposed by or under, the CLP Regulation. 2 In this regulation, “substance” and “mixture” have the same meaning as they have in the CLP Regulation. Penalties 9 The maximum penalty for an offence under Article 31 of the 1978 Order as applied by these Regulations to the CLP Regulation shall be— a on summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding the statutory minimum, or both; and b on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine or both. Due diligence defence 10 In any proceedings for an offence under Article 31(1)(c) of the 1978 Order, as applied by these Regulations to 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. Reg. 8 in operation at 1.6.2015, see reg. 1(2)Reg. 9 in operation at 1.6.2015, see reg. 1(2)Reg. 10 in operation at 1.6.2015, see reg. 1(2)
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