Application of the 1974 Act
19.—(1) The provisions of the 1974 Act specified in paragraph (2) shall apply for the purposes of the enforcement in Great Britain of regulation 28 and the PIC Regulation as if they were health and safety regulations for the purposes of that Act, and any function of the Great Britain Executive under any provision of that Act in respect of health and safety regulations (including their enforcement) shall be exercisable as if regulation 28 and the PIC Regulation were, to the extent that they would not otherwise be so, health and safety regulations for the purposes of that Act.
(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a)sections 19 and 20 (appointment and powers of inspectors);
(b)section 21 (improvement notices) and sections 23 and 24 (supplementary provisions and appeals) to the extent that they relate to an improvement notice served under section 21;
(c)section 25A to 28 (customs officer’s power to detain articles and substances, power to indemnify inspectors, power to obtain information, information communicated by the Commissioners of Revenue and Customs and restrictions on disclosure of information); and
(d)subject to regulations 32 and 33(1), sections 33 to 42 (provisions as to offences).
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
(a)section 25A shall have effect as if, in subsection (1) of that section, after the word “substance” there were inserted “or any article bound for export or any substance bound for export”; and
(b)section 27A shall have effect as if, in subsection (1) of that section, after “imports” there were inserted “or exports”.