Schedule 3 AMENDMENT TO THE CONTROL OF MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS REGULATIONS 1999

Regulation 22 of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999^f1 shall be amended by substituting the following paragraph for sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (6)—

“in Scotland, criminal investigation or prosecution incurred (in either case) after such time as—

(i)

the inspector or authorised person undertaking the investigation refers the case to the Procurator Fiscal; or

(ii)

the Procurator Fiscal intervenes in the investigation,

whichever is the sooner.”.