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Paragraph 20

(1)

Section 28 (health and safety requirements) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

for “relevant statutory provisions” substitute “ relevant provisions ”,

(b)

omit “served under or by virtue of any of those provisions”.

(3)

In subsection (3) for “Health and Safety Executive” substitute “ safety regulator ”.

(4)

In subsection (4) for “Health and Safety Executive advise” substitute “ safety regulator advises ”.

(5)

In subsection (5) for “they advise” substitute “ the safety regulator advises ”.

(6)

For subsection (6) substitute—

“(6)

In this section—

  • “improvement notice” means a notice served under section 21 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”) or given under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the Energy Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”);

  • “prohibition notice” means a notice served under section 22 of the 1974 Act or given under paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the 2013 Act;

  • “the relevant provisions” means—

    1. (a)

      the relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of Part 1 of the 1974 Act; and

    2. (b)

      the relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of Part of the 2013 Act other than—

      1. (i)

        the provisions of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000; and

      2. (ii)

        any provision of nuclear regulations identified in accordance with section 74(9) of the 2013 Act as being made for the nuclear safeguards purposes;”.

(7)

In section 38(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “the principal Act” insert—

““the safety regulator” means—

  1. (a)

    in relation to land which is, or is on, a nuclear site (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013), the Office for Nuclear Regulation;

  2. (b)

    otherwise, the Health and Safety Executive.”.