http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/159/article/12The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019enEUROPEAN UNION;ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WILDLIFEStatute Law Database2022-11-15Expert Participation2019-12-01 This Order gives effect to Regulation (EU) No. 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species therein (OJ L31/35, 4.11.2014)(“the Principal Regulation”) and of Commission Implementation Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1141 (OJ L189/4, 14.7.2016) adopting a list of invasive alien species of Union concern pursuant to Regulation (EU) No. 1143/2014. PART 3DefencesDefences: due diligence 12 1 It is defence to a charge of committing an offence under Article 3(2) or (3) if the person charged (“P”) shows that P took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence. 2 Where the defence provided by paragraph (1) involves an allegation that the commission of the offence was due to the act or omission of another person, the person charged is not, without leave of the court, entitled to rely on the defence unless, within a period ending seven clear days before the hearing, the person has served on the prosecutor a notice giving such relevant information as was then in the person’s possession. 3 In paragraph (2), “relevant information” means information which identifies or assists in the identification of the other person. Art. 12 in operation at 1.12.2019, see art. 1(1)
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