F1 PART II N.I.HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE IN CONNECTION WITH WORK, AND CONTROL OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES

F1 mod. by SR 2001/295

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II restricted (15.11.2010) by Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 47 (with arts. 44, 46, 47(2), 49, 62); S.R. 2010/328, art. 2

Enforcement N.I.

[F2 Power of customs officer to detain articles and substances N.I.

F3 F4 27A.— (1) A customs officer may, for the purpose of facilitating the exercise or performance by any enforcing authority or inspector of any of the powers or duties of the authority or inspector under any of the relevant statutory provisions, seize any imported article or imported substance and detain it for not more than two working days.

(2) Anything seized and detained under this Article shall be dealt with during the period of its detention in such manner as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may direct.

(3) In paragraph (1) the reference to two working days is a reference to a period of forty‐eight hours calculated from the time when the goods in question are seized but disregarding so much of any period as falls on a Saturday or Sunday or on Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in Northern Ireland.]

F2 1987 NI 20

F3 mod. by SR 2000/87; 2000/120

F4 mod. by 2002 c. 8 (NI)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Arts. 20-28 applied (with modifications) (1.9.2013) by The Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/206), regs. 2(1), 7(1)(a) (with regs. 3, 8-15, 19)

C3 Arts. 27A-30 applied (with modifications) (1.3.2014) by The Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1506), regs. 2(4), 20 (with regs. 3(4)(5), 31)

C4 Arts. 20-30 applied with modification(s) (1.6.2015) by The Explosives (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/236), regs. 1(2), 5(1)(a)

C5 Arts. 20-30 applied (with mofifications) (1.6.2015) by The Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/206), regs. 2(2), 16 (with regs. 3, 19)

C6 Arts. 18-28 applied (23.10.2015) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/339), regs. 1, 30(2)(a) (with reg. 3(1)(2))

C7 Arts. 23-33 applied (with modifications) (21.10.2016) by The Making Available on the Market and Supervision of Transfers of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/366), reg. 1, Sch. 2 paras. 6(a), 7 (with Sch. 2 para. 7(2))

C8 Art. 27A applied (with modifications) (8.12.2016) by The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1101), reg. 1, Sch. 5 paras. 1, 2 (with reg. 3)

C9 Art. 27A applied (with modifications) (8.12.2016) by The Lifts Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1093), reg. 1, Sch. 9 paras. 1(i), 2 (with regs. 3-5)

C10 Art. 27A applied (with modifications) (8.12.2016) by The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1092), reg. 1, Sch. 7 paras. 1(h), 2 (with reg. 3)

C11 Art. 27A applied (with modifications) (10.7.2017) by The Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/90), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 1(h)

C12 Art. 27A applied (with modifications) (21.4.2018) by The Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/390), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 (with reg. 2(1)-(3))

C13 Art. 27A applied (with modifications) (30.7.2018) by The Cableway Installations Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/816), regs. 1, 22(1)-(3) (with reg. 4)

C14 Arts. 18-30 applied (with modifications) (27.7.2009) by Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/238), reg. 14(1)(a)

C15 Arts. 18-30 applied (with modifications) (24.8.2009) by Explosives (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/273), reg. 14(1)(a)

C16 Art. 27A applied (with modifications) (8.12.2016) by The Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1105), reg. 1, Sch. 9 paras. 1(h), 2 (with reg. 88) (as amended (1.10.2018) by The Simple Pressure Vessels, Electrical Equipment and Pressure Equipment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/966), regs. 1(1), 4(2) (with reg. 1(2)-(4)))

C17 Art. 27A applied (with modifications) (16.7.2021) by The Market Surveillance (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/858), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 paras. 2, 3 (with reg. 3)