The Factories Act 1961 etc. (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1974

References to inspectors of factories etc

6.  References in any provision of an enactment, instrument or other document to any of the following, that is to say:—

(a) an inspector appointed under the 1961 Act;

(b) the inspector for the district, the superintending inspector for the division or the chief inspector;

(c) an employment medical adviser appointed under the 1972 Act; and

(d) the chief employment medical adviser or a deputy chief employment medical adviser,

shall, except where the context otherwise requires or where the reference is otherwise expressly amended, be construed as references respectively to—

(a) an inspector appointed by the Health and Safety Executive under section 19 of the 1974 Act;

(b) an inspector so appointed who is authorised to act for the purposes of the provision in question;

(c) an employment medical adviser appointed under section 56 of the 1974 Act; and

(d) an employment medical adviser so appointed who is authorised to act for the purpose of the provision in question.