http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1359/schedule/3/paragraph/26The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020enEXITING THE EUROPEAN UNIONBUILDING AND BUILDINGSCONSTRUCTIONMARKET STANDARDSStatute Law Database2024-04-02Expert Participation2022-07-20 These Regulations amend the Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/465) (“the 2019 Regulations”) before they come into force, and also make additional standalone provision in relation to Northern Ireland. Broadly the amendments in this instrument restrict the amendments in the 2019 Regulations so instead of having effect in relation to the United Kingdom they have effect in relation to Great Britain only. Schedule 2 amends the Construction Products Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1387) so that the enforcement rules in those Regulations apply only in relation to the construction products regime in Great Britain (and not the whole of the United Kingdom). Schedule 3 sets out enforcement rules in relation to the construction products regime in Northern Ireland. SCHEDULE 3 Construction products enforcement rules – Northern Ireland PART 4Miscellaneous and supplementalDefence of due diligence 26 1 Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, in proceedings against a person for an offence to which this paragraph applies it shall be a defence for that person to show that the person took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence. 2 Where in any proceedings against any person for such an offence the defence provided by sub-paragraph (1) involves an allegation that the commission of the offence was due— a to the act or default of another; or b to reliance on information given by another, that person shall not, without leave of the court, be entitled to rely on the defence unless, not less than seven clear days before the hearing of the proceedings, the person has served a notice under sub-paragraph (3) on the person bringing the proceedings. 3 A notice under this sub-paragraph must give such information identifying or assisting in the identification of the person who committed the act or default or gave the information as is in the possession of the person serving the notice at the time when that person serves it. 4 A person shall not be entitled to rely on the defence provided by sub-paragraph (1) by reason of reliance on information supplied by another, unless the person shows that it was reasonable in all the circumstances to have relied on the information, having regard in particular to— a the steps which the person took, and those which might reasonably have been taken, for the purpose of verifying the information; and b whether the person had any reason to disbelieve the information. 5 This paragraph applies to an offence under paragraph 3(1) or (4), 4(1), 5(1), 6(6), 11(4) or 13(2). Sch. 3 para. 26 in force at 31.12.2020 immediately before the 2019 Regulations come into force, see reg. 1
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