# Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Section 39: Prosecutions by inspectors.

Extent: E+W+N.I.

(1) An inspector, if authorised in that behalf by the enforcing authority which appointed him, may, although not of counsel or a solicitor, prosecute before a magistrates’ court proceedings for an offence under any of the relevant statutory provisions.
(2) This section shall not apply to Scotland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/37/section/39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-etc-act-1974/section-39
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