The Control of Explosives Precursors etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Application of enforcement provisions in the 1978 Order

18.—(1) The following provisions of the 1978 Order(1) apply to Articles 4(1), 5, 9(3) and 9(4) of the Precursors Regulation as if they were health and safety regulations for the purposes of the 1978 Order, except that these Articles shall not apply to duties placed by the Precursors Regulation on the competent authority or the member State—

(a) Articles 20 to 30 (enforcement; obtaining and disclosure of information);

(b) subject to regulations 20 to 22, Articles 31 to 39 (provisions as to offences);

(c) Article 43(2) (civil liability).

(2) Any function of the Secretary of State under any other provision of the 1978 Order in respect of health and safety regulations (including their enforcement) is exercisable as if the Precursors Regulation were health and safety regulations for the purposes of that Order.

(1)

Articles 20 to 39 were amended by Part 3 of the Schedule to the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45); S.I. 1984/1159 (N.I. 9); S.I. 1986/1883 (N.I. 15); S.I. 1987/2049 (N.I. 20); S.I. 1988/595 (N.I. 3); S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17); S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18); paragraph 27 of Schedule 29 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33); paragraph 19 of Schedule 4 to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11); S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9); S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21); section 1 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 (c. 20).