# The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992, Paragraph 1: Enforcement in Great Britain in relation to relevant machinery for use at work


In Great Britain, in relation to relevant machinery for use at work—
(a) it shall be the duty of the Executive to make adequate arrangements for the enforcement of these Regulations, and accordingly a reference in the provisions applied to these Regulations by sub-paragraph (b) below to an “enforcing authority” shall be construed as a reference to the Executive;
(b) sections 19 to 28, 33 to 35, 38, 39, 41 and 42 of the 1974 Act shall apply for the purposes of providing for the enforcement of these Regulations and in respect of proceedings for contravention thereof as if—
(i) references to relevant statutory provisions were references to those sections as applied by this paragraph and to these Regulations;
(ii) references to articles, substances, articles and substances, or plant, were references to relevant machinery;
(iii) references to the field of responsibility of an enforcing authority, however expressed, were omitted;
(iv) in section 20, subsection (3) were omitted;
(v) in section 23, subsections (3), (4) and (6) were omitted;
(vi) in section 33—
(aa) in subsection (1) the whole of paragraphs (a) to (d) were omitted;
(bb) subsection (1A) were omitted;
(cc) in subsection (2), the reference to paragraph (d) of subsection (1) were omitted;
(dd) subsection (2A) were omitted;
(ee) for subsection (3) there were substituted the following:—
“(3) A person guilty of an offence under any paragraph of subsection (1) above not mentioned in subsection (2) above or of an offence under subsection (1)(e) above not falling within that subsection shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; or
(b) on conviction on indictment—
(i) in the case of an offence under subsection (1)(g) or of an offence under subsection (1)(j), to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both; or
(ii) in all other cases, to a fine.”; and
(ff) subsection (4) were omitted;
(vii) in section 34—
(aa) paragraphs (a) and (b) were omitted from subsection (1); and
(bb) in subsection (3) for “six months” there were substituted “twelve months”; and
(viii) in section 42, subsections (4) and (5) were omitted; and
(c) sections 36(1) and (2) and 37 shall apply in relation to offences under section 33 as applied to these Regulations and as modified by sub-paragraph (b)(vi) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3073/schedule/6/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-regulations-1992/schedule-6/paragraph-1
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