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OFFICE AND SHOP PREMISES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 80

Interpretation.

80.(1) It shall be a defence in any legal proceedings to recover damages and
in any prosecution, in so far as the proceedings or prosecution are or is
based on an allegation of a contravention, in relation to any premises, of a
provision of this Act or regulations thereunder, to prove that at the time of
the alleged contravention the premises were occupied for a purpose that was
accomplished before the expiration of a period beginning with the day on which
they were occupied for that purpose and of such of the following lengths as is
applicable to the circumstances of the case, that is to say, six months if the
premises consist of a movable structure, and six weeks if not.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a prosecution for an offence consisting
in a failure to comply with an obligation imposed under section 48(1) to
notify the appropriate authority that persons would be employed to work in any
premises; but in any such prosecution it shall be a defence to prove that the
persons in question were employed to work in the premises while they were
occupied as mentioned in subsection (1).

1969 c.6



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