Establishment of the new Health and Safety Executive

11.—(1) Section 27 is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for each reference to “the Commission” substitute “the Executive”.

(3) In subsection (2), after “Minister of the Crown to”, omit “the Commission or ”.

(4) For subsection (3), substitute—

“(3) In the preceding subsection, any reference to a Minister of the Crown or the Executive includes respectively a reference to an officer of that person or of that body and also, in the case of a reference to the Executive, includes a reference to—

(a)a person performing any functions of the Executive on its behalf by virtue of section 13(3);

(b)an officer of a body which is so performing any such functions; and

(c)an adviser appointed under section 13(7).”.

(5) In subsection (4), omit “of the Commission or, as the case may be,”.