PART 4Golden thread, mandatory occurrence reporting, information handover etc
Mandatory occurrence reporting: defencesI134
Where a principal dutyholder has committed an offence under section 35 of the 1984 Act of contravening these Regulations by failing to follow the reporting procedure in relation to a safety occurrence as required by regulation 33 (mandatory occurrence reporting: reporting to the regulator), it is a defence for the principal dutyholder if it reasonably believed that the other principal dutyholder had—
a
already notified the regulator of the safety occurrence under regulation 33, and
b
already provided the regulator with a written report of the safety occurrence under regulation 33.