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20.—(1) The provisions of the 1978 Order specified in paragraph (2) shall apply for the purposes of the enforcement in Northern Ireland of regulation 28 and the PIC Regulation as if they were health and safety regulations for the purposes of that Order, and any function of the Northern Ireland Executive under any provision of that Order in respect of health and safety regulations (including their enforcement) shall be exercisable as if regulation 28 and the PIC Regulation were, to the extent that they would not otherwise be so, health and safety regulations for the purposes of that Order.
(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a)Articles 21 and 22 (appointment and powers of inspectors);
(b)Articles 23 (improvement notices), and Articles 25 and 26 (supplementary provisions and appeals) to the extent that they relate to an improvement notice served under Article 23;
(c)Articles 27A to 30 (customs officer’s power to detain articles and substances, power to indemnify inspectors, power to obtain information, information communicated by the Commissioners of Revenue and Customs and restrictions on disclosure of information); and
(d)Subject to regulations 32 and 33(2), Articles 31 to 39 (provisions as to offences).
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
(a)Article 27A shall have effect as if, in paragraph (1) of that Article, after “substance”, there were inserted “or any article bound for export or any substance bound for export”; and
(b)Article 29A shall have effect as if, in paragraph (1) of that Article, after “imports”, there were inserted “or exports”.
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