F3C6 PART IIHEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE IN CONNECTION WITH WORK, AND CONTROL OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES
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Pt. II restricted (15.11.2010) by Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 47 (with arts. 44, 46, 47(2), 49, 62); S.R. 2010/328, art. 2
Provisions as to offences
Onus of proving limits of what is practicable etc.F1F2C1C2C3C4C5C7C8C9C10C11C12C13C14C1537
In any proceedings for an offence under any of the relevant statutory provisions consisting of a failure to comply with a duty or requirement to do something so far as is practicable or so far as is reasonably practicable, it shall be for the accused to prove (as the case may be) that it was not practicable or not reasonably practicable to do more than was in fact done to satisfy the duty or requirement.
mod. by SR 2001/295