The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Manual Handling Operations) Regulations 1998

Onus of proving what is reasonably practicable

9.  In any proceedings for an offence under any of these Regulations consisting of a failure to comply with a duty or requirement to do something so far as is reasonably practicable, it shall be for the defendant to prove that it was not reasonably practicable to do more than was in fact done to satisfy the duty or requirement.