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Electrical Safety Act 2002
sec.251Improvement notice preserved
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### sec.251 Improvement notice preserved
This section applies to an improvement notice—
given by an inspector under section 153 ( old section 153 ) as it existed before the amendment of the section by the amendment Act (the amendment ) for a contravention or likely contravention of a provision of this Act (the notified contravention ); and
in force immediately before the amendment.
The notice continues to be enforceable against the person to whom it was given for an offence against old section 153(5) that happened before the amendment as if the amendment had not happened.
Also, the improvement notice continues in force and may be enforced after the amendment as if it were an improvement notice given to the person under section 146 for a contravention or likely contravention of a provision of this Act that is, or corresponds to, the provision to which the notified contravention relates.
s 251 ins 2011 No. 18 s 389
(sec.251-ssec.1) This section applies to an improvement notice— given by an inspector under section 153 ( old section 153 ) as it existed before the amendment of the section by the amendment Act (the amendment ) for a contravention or likely contravention of a provision of this Act (the notified contravention ); and in force immediately before the amendment.
(sec.251-ssec.2) The notice continues to be enforceable against the person to whom it was given for an offence against old section 153(5) that happened before the amendment as if the amendment had not happened.
(sec.251-ssec.3) Also, the improvement notice continues in force and may be enforced after the amendment as if it were an improvement notice given to the person under section 146 for a contravention or likely contravention of a provision of this Act that is, or corresponds to, the provision to which the notified contravention relates.
- (a) given by an inspector under section 153 ( old section 153 ) as it existed before the amendment of the section by the amendment Act (the amendment ) for a contravention or likely contravention of a provision of this Act (the notified contravention ); and
- (b) in force immediately before the amendment.