HC Deb 21 July 1987 vol 120 c272

Lords amendment: No. 39, in page 14, line 35, after "time" insert

"(or, in a situation which in his opinion is or may be dangerous, at any time)"

Mr. David Mitchell

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this it will be convenient to take Lords amendments Nos. 40 to 43 and 88.

Mr. Mitchell

Subsection (3) of clause 16 confers on duly authorised agents of the intergovernmental com-mission and the safety authority various powers to enter the tunnel system for the purpose of carrying out inspections, examinations and investigations and to obtain information. These powers are similar to certain of the powers of inspectors acting under section 20 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. However, there are some useful provisions of section 20 of the 1974 Act—namely, power to take samples, to dismantle, to test and detain articles and substances—which are not included at present in subsection (3) of clause 16. These amendments fill that gap.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords amendments agreed to.

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