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 Enforcement by district councils of certain provisions of Part I. 9 Powers of inspector as to sanitary defects remediable by district council. 10 Powers in case of default of a district council. 11 Power to require medical supervision. 12 Prime movers. 13 Transmission machinery. 14 Other machinery. 15 Provisions as to unfenced machinery. 16 Construction and maintenance of fencing. 17 Construction and sale of new machinery. 18 Vessels containing dangerous liquids. 19 Self-acting machines. 20 Cleaning of machinery by women and young persons. 21 Training and supervision of young persons working at dangerous machines. 22 Hoists and lifts. 23 Chains, ropes and lifting tackle. 24 Cranes and other lifting machines. 25 Construction and maintenance of floors, passages and stairs. 26 Safe means of access and safe place of employment. 27 Precautions in places where dangerous fumes are liable to be present. 28 Precautions with respect to explosive or inflammable dust, gas, vapour or substance. 29 Steam boilers. 30 Steam receivers and steam containers. 31 Air receivers. 32 Exceptions as to steam boilers, steam receivers and containers, and air receivers. 33 Precautions as respects water-sealed gasholders. 34 Means of escape in case of fire. 35 Regulations and byelaws as to means of escape in case of fire. 36 Safety provisions in case of fire. 37 Instruction as to use of means of escape in case of fire. 38 Power of Secretary of State to require special safety arrangements for the prevention of accidents. 39 Power of court of summary jurisdiction to make orders as to dangerous conditions and practices. 40 Power of court of summary jurisdiction to make orders as to dangerous factory. 41 Supply of drinking water. 42 Washing facilities. 43 Accommodation for clothing. 44 Facilities for sitting. 45 First-aid. 46 Welfare regulations. 47 Removal of dust or fumes. 48 Meals in certain dangerous trades. 49 Protection of eyes in certain processes. 50 Shuttle threading by mouth suction. 51 Prohibition of use of white phosphorus in manufacture of matches. 52 Humid factories. 53 Underground rooms. 54 Basement bakehouses. 55 Laundries. 56 Lifting excessive weights. 57 Prohibition of employment of female young persons where certain processes are carried on. 58 Prohibition of employment of women and young persons in certain processes connected with lead manufacture. 59 Provisions as to employment of women and young persons in processes involving use of lead compounds. 60 Power to make special regulations for safety and health. 61 Prohibition of importation and sale of articles made with prohibited materials. 62 Power to take samples. 63 Certificates required before approval of building plans relating to cotton cloth factories. 64 Notification of accidents. 65 Power to extend to dangerous occurrences provisions as to notice of accidents. 66 Notification of industrial diseases. 67 Inquest in case of death by accident or industrial disease. 68 Power to direct formal investigation of accidents and cases of disease. 69 Duty of examining surgeon to investigate and report in certain cases. 70 General conditions as to hours of employment of women and young persons. 71 Reduction of weekly hours of work of young persons under sixteen. 72 Notice fixing hours of employment. 73 Overtime employment of women and young persons over sixteen. 74 Supplementary provisions as to overtime. 75 Restriction of employment inside and outside factory on same day. 76 Prohibition of use of rooms during intervals. 77 Prohibition of Sunday employment. 78 Annual holidays. 79 Exception as to women holding positions of management. 80 Power to suspend certain provisions of Part VI in emergency. 81 Exception as to male young persons employed in shifts. 82 Exception for factories operating the five-day week. 83 Exception as to hour of commencement of period of employment. 84 Exception as to simultaneous hours for meals and rest. 85 Exception as to employment during intervals. 86 Exception as to use of rooms during intervals. 87 Exception as to continuous employment of male young persons employed with men. 88 Exception as to male young persons employed on repairing work. 89 Exception as to Saturday. 90 Exception as to holidays on different days for different sets. 91 Exception as to Sundays and Saturdays in Jewish factories. 92 Exception as to laundries. 93 Exception as to manufacture of bread or flour confectionery or sausages. 94 Exception as to the preserving of fish, fruit and vegetables. 95 Exception as to factories where milk is treated. 96 Provision for protection of women and young persons employed under exceptions. 97 Notices, registers, &c, relating to special exceptions. 98 Regulation of employment of young persons in certain occupations. 99 Certificate of fitness for employment of young persons. 100 Power of inspector to require certificate of fitness for work. 101 Tenement factories. 102 Premises where part of building is separate factory. 103 Application of Act to electrical stations. 104 Institutions. 105 Docks, &c. 106 Ships. 107 Building operations. 108 Works of engineering construction. 109 Employment of women and young persons in places other than factories in processes connected with lead manufacture or involving the use of lead compounds. 110 Lists of outworkers to be kept in certain trades. 111 Employment of person in unwholesome premises. 112 Particulars of work and wages to be given to piece-workers. 113 Notice of occupation of factory, and use of mechanical power. 114 Posting of abstract of Act and notices. 115 Provisions as to special regulations. 116 General registers. 117 Preservation of registers and records. 118 Periodical return of persons employed. 119 Duties of persons employed. 120 Prohibition of deductions from wages. 121 Weights, measures and weighing and measuring instruments used in ascertaining wages. 122 Appointment and duties of inspectors and clerks and servants. 123 Powers of inspectors. 124 Power of inspector to conduct proceedings before magistrates. 125 Certificate of appointment of inspector. 126 Appointment and duties of examining surgeons. 127 Fees of examining surgeons. 128 Provisions as to county and district councils. 129 Provisions as to regulations and orders of Secretary of State. 130 Offences. 131 Fines for offences for which no express penalty provided. 132 Power of court to order cause of contravention to be remedied. 133 Fines in case of death or injury. 134 Fine for offence by parent. 135 Forgery of certificates, false entries, and false declarations. 136 Penalty on persons actually committing offence for which occupier is liable. 137 Power of occupier or owner to exempt himself from liability on conviction of the actual offender. 138 Proceedings against persons other than occupiers or owners. 139 Owner of machine liable in certain cases instead of occupier. 140 Prosecution of offences and recovery and application of fines. 141 Appeal from orders made on complaint. 142 Special provisions as to evidence. 143 Proceedings for offences in respect of the employment of children. 144 Service and sending of documents, &c. 145 Certificates of birth. 146 Power of county court to modify agreements. 147 Power of county court to apportion expenses. 148 Application of Arbitration Acts. 149 General application of Act. 150 Application to factories belonging to the Crown. 151 Interpretation of expression “factory ”. 152 General interpretation. 153 Application of Act to young persons employed in factories in certain occupations. 154 Inspection of certain premises. 155 Expenses of Secretary of State. 156 Application to Scotland. 157 Substitution of corresponding provisions for certain provisions of 1 Edw.7 c.22. 158 Provisions as to quarries and pit banks. 159 Repeals and exclusion of certain enactments. 160 Short title, commencement, extent and saving. FIRST SCHEDULE Table of Humidity. SECOND SCHEDULE Procedure for making Special Regulations. THIRD SCHEDULE Provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to be administered by district councils. FOURTH SCHEDULE Enactments repealed.
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154 Inspection of certain premises.
Where in any premises which are subject to inspection by or under the authority of any Government department any manual labour is exercised, otherwise than for the purposes of instruction, in or incidental to the making, altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing, washing, cleaning, or adapting for sale, of any article, and the premises do not constitute a factory, the Secretary of State may arrange with the department that the premises shall, as respects the matters dealt with by this Act, be inspected by an inspector appointed under this Act, and where such an arrangement is made, such inspectors shall have, as respects such matters as aforesaid, the like right of entry and inspection as is conferred on inspectors or other officers of the department concerned.
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154 Inspection of certain premises.
Where in any premises which are subject to inspection by or under the authority of any Government department any manual labour is exercised, otherwise than for the purposes of instruction, in or incidental to the making, altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing, washing, cleaning, or adapting for sale, of any article, and the premises do not constitute a factory, the Secretary of State may arrange with the department that the premises shall, as respects the matters dealt with by this Act, be inspected by an inspector appointed under this Act, and where such an arrangement is made, such inspectors shall have, as respects such matters as aforesaid, the like right of entry and inspection as is conferred on inspectors or other officers of the department concerned.
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