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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Enforcement and other matters - Inspectors and health and safety medical practitioners - Inspectors

167: Regulator has powers of inspector

You could also call this:

“The regulator can do everything an inspector can do”

The regulator has all the same powers as an inspector under this Act. This means that the regulator can do everything an inspector can do. You can think of the regulator as a special kind of inspector who has all the abilities of a regular inspector.

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Part 4 Enforcement and other matters
Inspectors and health and safety medical practitioners: Inspectors

167Regulator has powers of inspector

  1. The regulator has all the powers that an inspector has under this Act.