Offshore Safety (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Modifications with respect to references to an inspector

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in any provision of a statutory provision or other document, any reference to an inspector appointed under—

(a) section 6(4) of the 1971 Act; or

(b) section 27(1) of the 1975 Act,

shall be construed as a reference to an inspector appointed by the Department under Article 21 of the 1978 Order who is authorised to act for the purposes of the provision in question.

(2) In the Submarine Pipe-lines (Inspectors etc.) Regulations 1977, any reference to an inspector appointed under section 27(1) of the 1975 Act shall be construed as including a reference to an inspector appointed by the Department under Article 21 of the 1978 Order who is authorised to act for the purposes of the Regulations.

(3) After section 27(2) of the 1975 Act there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(2A) For the purpose of enforcing regulations made under subsection (2) above, an inspector appointed under subsection (1) above shall have the same powers under Article 35 of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (restriction on institution of proceedings) as he would have if he were an inspector appointed by the Department of Economic Development under Article 21 of that Order who is authorised to act for the purposes of the regulations.”.