Change 1 Article Choose an article Title and introductory text 1 Cleanliness. 2 Overcrowding. 3 Temperature. 4 Ventilation. 5 Lighting. 6 Drainage of floors. 7 Sanitary Conveniences. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10A 11 Power to require medical supervision. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Dangerous substances. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Teagle openings and similar doorways. 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Floors, passages and stairs. 29 Safe means of access and safe place of employment. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Precautions with respect to explosive or inflammable dust, gas, vapour or substance. 32 Steam boilers—attachments and construction. 33 Steam boilers—maintenance, examination and use. 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Air receivers. 37 . 38 . 39 Precautions as respects water-sealed gasholders. 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Application of Part II to Scotland. 57 Supply of drinking water. 58 Washing facilities. 59 Accommodation for clothing. 60 Sitting facilities. 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Underground rooms. 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Exemptions from provisions regulating hours of employment. 118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Power of inspector to require certificate of fitness for work. 119A Duty of factory occupier to give notice of employment of a young person. 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Tenement factories—other provisions. 122 Parts of buildings let off as separate factories—other provisions. 123 Application of Act to electrical stations. 124 Institutions. 125 Docks, etc. 126 Ships. 127 Building operations and works of engineering construction. 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 130 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Notice of occupation of factory, and use of mechanical power. 138 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 General registers. 141 Preservation of registers and records. 142 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Provisions as to county and district councils. 154 Prohibition of disclosure of information 154A Exception to the prohibition: public authorities 155 Offences. 156 Fines for offences for which no express penalty provided. 157 Power of court to order cause of contravention to be remedied. 158 Fine for offence by parent. 159 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Penalty on person actually committing an offence for which other person is primarily liable. 161 Power of person primarily liable to exempt himself from liability. 162 Proceedings against persons not primarily liable. 163 Owner of machine liable in certain cases instead of occupier. 164 Prosecution of offences and application of fines. 165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Special provisions as to evidence. 167 Proceedings for offences in respect of the employment of children. 168 Service of documents, etc. 169 Power of county court or sheriff to modify agreements. 170 Power of county court or sheriff to apportion expenses. 171 Application of the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 or the Arbitration Act 1996. 172 General application. 173 Application to Crown. 174 175 Interpretation of expression “factory". 176 General interpretation 177 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Certificates of birth. 179 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Regulations, rules and orders. 181 Substitution of corresponding provisions for certain provisions of Factory and Workshop Act 1901. 182 General application to Scotland. 183 Transitional provisions and repeals. 184 Construction of references in other enactments to factories and workshops, etc. and exclusion of certain provisions of Public Health (London) Act 1936. 185 Short title, commencement and extent. FIRST SCHEDULE SECOND SCHEDULE THIRD AND FOURTH SCHEDULES FIFTH SCHEDULES Provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act 1901 applicable in London and Scotland only . . . SIXTH SCHEDULE Transitional Provisions SEVENTH SCHEDULE
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29 Safe means of access and safe place of employment.
(1) There shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be provided and maintained safe means of access to every place at which any person has at any time to work, and every such place shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be made and kept safe for any person working there.
(2) Where any person has to work at a place from which he will be liable to fall a distance more than 2 metres, then, unless the place is one which affords secure foothold and, where necessary, secure hand-hold, means shall be provided, so far as is reasonably practicable, by fencing or otherwise, for ensuring his safety.
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29 Safe means of access and safe place of employment.
(1) There shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be provided and maintained safe means of access to every place at which any person has at any time to work, and every such place shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be made and kept safe for any person working there.
(2) Where any person has to work at a place from which he will be liable to fall a distance more than 2 metres, then, unless the place is one which affords secure foothold and, where necessary, secure hand-hold, means shall be provided, so far as is reasonably practicable, by fencing or otherwise, for ensuring his safety.
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