Section Sch1-9 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Transitional provision relating to inspectors and enforcement officers

9 Transitional provision relating to inspectors and enforcement officers (1) A person who, immediately before the commencement of this clause, held office as an inspector, a geothermal inspector, or an enforcement officer (as the case may be) under a provision specified in subclause (2) continues in office on and after that commencement as if the person were appointed as an inspector under section 163 of this Act. (2) The provisions are— (a) section 29 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992: (b) section 5 of the Machinery Act 1950: (c) regulation 3 of the Geothermal Energy Regulations 1961: (d) section 97B of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996. (3) A person who continues to hold office under subclause (1) remains subject to any direction or condition that applied to the person’s appointment before the commencement of this clause.