Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

What is outlined in section 14(4)(b) may be a different way of stating it but it is what the Senator suggests. I do not believe it is unreasonable to expect that people involved in a trade or business should exercise due diligence in their affairs, whether buying, selling or weighing fish. If they can show they exercised due diligence by checking the documentation which they know others should have, a court would accept that. There must be some onus on people involved in this or any other business to take reasonable steps to indicate they have shown due diligence. That is well covered in the section.