Explosives Act 1875 (c. 17)

Part IV.—Supplemental Provisions, Legal Proceedings, Exemptions, and Definitions U.K.

Supplemental Provisions U.K.

86 Construction of enactments referring to powers of searching for gunpowder. U.K.

Where any enactment refers to any power of searching for gunpowder, or to any provisions of an M1 Act of the twelfth year of King George the Third, chapter sixty–one, or of any Act repealed by this Act relative to the search for gunpowder, such enactment shall be deemed to refer to the provisions of this Act with respect to the search for and seizure, detention, and removal of an explosive by [F1 an inspector appointed by the Health and Safety Executive under section 19 of the M2 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1974/1885, Sch. 2 para. 5

Marginal Citations

M1 1772 c. 61.

M2 1974 c. 37.