Paragraph 10 Inquiries

This paragraph applies where before 1st April 2014 the HSE directed an inquiry to be held under section 14(2A) of the 1974 Act for any relevant purpose.

Sections 85 and 86(1) to (3) of the 2013 Act apply in relation to that inquiry on or after 1st April 2014 as if the ONR had directed that the inquiry be held under section 85(1) of the 2013 Act.

Where the HSE agreed before 1st April 2014 to exercise its power under section 14(6)(b) or (c) of the 1974 Act to pay remuneration or expenses to any person in respect of the inquiry or to defray costs of the inquiry, the ONR must pay such remuneration or expenses or defray the costs of the inquiry as agreed except so far as they have been paid or defrayed before 1st April 2014 by the HSE.

Sub-paragraph (3) does not affect the ONR's power under section 86(3) of the 2013 Act to make other payments of remuneration or expenses or to defray costs.

For the purposes of this paragraph “relevant purpose” means a purpose which—