Energy Act 2013 (c. 32)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 10 U.K. Provisions relating to offences

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 10 excluded (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 4)

Onus of proving limits of what is practicable etc U.K.

11 (1) This paragraph applies if regulations under this Part create an offence consisting of— U.K.

(a) a failure to comply with a duty or requirement to do something so far as practicable (or reasonably practicable), or

(b) a failure to use the best means do something.

(2) The regulations may provide that it is for the defendant to prove that—

(a) it was not practicable (or reasonably practicable) to do more than was in fact done to satisfy the duty or requirement, or

(b) there was no better practicable means than was in fact used to satisfy the duty or requirement.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 10 para. 11 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/251, art. 4