Establishment of the new Health and Safety Executive12
1
Section 28 is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (3)—
a
in paragraph (a), omit “the Commission,”; and
b
in paragraph (e), for each reference to “section 14(2)” substitute “section 14(2) or (2A)”.
3
For subsection (4), substitute—
4
In the preceding subsection, any reference to the Executive, the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, a government department or an enforcing authority includes respectively a reference to an officer of that body or authority (including, in the case of an enforcing authority, any inspector appointed by it), and also, in the case of a reference to the Executive, includes a reference to—
a
a person performing any functions of the Executive on its behalf by virtue of section 13(3);
b
an officer of a body which is so performing any such functions; and
c
an adviser appointed under section 13(7).
4
In subsection (5)(a), after “of that subsection, a purpose” omit “of the Commission or”.
5
In subsection (7), for each reference to “section 14(2)” substitute “section 14(2) or (2A)”.