that the boiler cannot continue to be used with safety A.D. 1924. unless certain repairs are carried out immediately or within a specified time. (9) If the person employed to make the examination 5 fails to make a thorough examination as required by this section or makes a report which is false or deficient in any material particular, or being the chief engineer of any boiler-inspecting company or association permits any such report to be made, or fails to send to the inspector for the 10 district a copy of any report as required by the preceding subsection he shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds. (10) If the chief inspector is not satisfied as to the competency of the person employed to make the examina15 tion or as to the thoroughness of the examination, he may require the boiler to be re-examined by a person nominated by him, and the occupier shall give the necessary facilities for such re-examination. If as a result of such re-examination it appears that the report of the 20 examination was inadequate or inaccurate in any material particular, the cost of the re-examination shall be recoverable from the occupier summarily as a civil debt, and the report of the re-examination purporting to be signed by the person making it shall be evidence of the facts 25 stated therein. 30 (11) This section shall not apply to the boiler of any ship or of any locomotive which belongs to and is used by any railway company, or to any boiler belonging to or exclusively used in the service of His Majesty. (12) In this Act the expression "maximum permissible working pressure means, in the case of a boiler which has already been used, that specified in the report of the last examination under this section, and, in the case of a boiler which has not been previously used, that specified 35 by the maker. 40 27.-(1) Every steam receiver shall be fitted with- Steam means to prevent the safe working pressure receivers. A.D. 1924. Exceptions as to steam boilers and steam receivers. (ii) a suitable safety valve so adjusted as to permit the steam to escape as soon as the safe working pressure is exceeded; and (iii) a correct steam pressure gauge, which must indicate the pressure of steam in the receiver 5 in pounds per square inch. The safety valve and pressure gauge shall be fitted either on the steam receiver or between the steam receiver and the reducing valve, if any. (2) Every steam receiver and the fittings attached 10 thereto shall be maintained in efficient working order, and shall be periodically examined so far as practicable. (3) A record in the prescribed form shall be kept in the general register of the dates of every such examination. 15 28. The chief inspector may by written certificate except from any of the provisions of the last two preceding sections of this Act any class or type of steam boiler or steam receiver to which he is satisfied that such provision cannot reasonably be applied. Such exception 20 may be unqualified or may be subject to such conditions as may be contained in the certificate. Compressed 29.-(1) Every receiver which forms part of an air receivers. air-compressing plant shall (a) have marked upon it so as to be plainly visible 25 (b) have attached to it a suitable safety valve (d) have attached to it a suitable drain-valve or (e) be provided with a suitable manhole, handhole, 35 (f) be thoroughly cleaned and examined at least (2) Every such compressed air receiver and the 40 fittings attached thereto shall be maintained in efficient working order. (3) A record in the prescribed form shall be kept A.D. 1924. in the general register of the dates of every examination under this section. 30.-(1) Every factory to which this section applies Means of 5 shall be certified by the district council as being provided escape in with such means of escape in case of fire for the persons case of fire. employed therein as may reasonably be required in the circumstances of each case. It shall be the duty of the council to examine every 10 such factory and, on being satisfied that the factory is so provided, to give such a certificate as aforesaid. The certificate shall specify precisely and in detail the means of escape provided, and such particulars as to the nature of the processes carried on, maximum number of persons 15 employed or proposed to be employed, and other matters taken into account in granting the certificate, as the council may consider it desirable to record. The certifiIcate shall be attached by the occupier to the general register, and a copy of it shall be sent by him to the 20 inspector for the district. (2) If, after the grant of a certificate, the occupier proposes to make any extension or alteration in the factory premises or to increase materially the number of persons employed or to commence to store or use highly inflam25 mable or explosive material, he shall give notice to the council of his intention. (3) If the council on receipt of the notice mentioned in the preceding subsection are of opinion that the conditions in regard to escape in case of fire will be affected, 30 or if at any time they are satisfied that by reason of altered conditions the existing means of escape have become insufficient, they may cancel the certificate, and thereupon a new certificate shall be obtained from the council. 35 (4) A factory which has been furnished with a certificate in pursuance of subsection (1) of section fourteen of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and a factory in respect of which a notice issued in pursuance of subsection (2) of that section has been complied with, or 40 in respect of which an award has been made under subsection (3) of that section and has been complied with, shall be entitled to receive a certificate from the district council without further examination unless since such compliance any action has been taken of which A.D. 1924. notice would have been required under subsection (2) of this section if that subsection had been in force. (5) In the case of a factory erected before the passing of this Act the occupier may appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction against any refusal by the district 5 council to grant a certificate, and the decision of the court shall be binding on the occupier and the council. (6) If it appears to an inspector that dangerous conditions in regard to escape in case of fire exist in any factory to which this section applies he may give notice to 10 the district council, and it shall be the duty of the council forthwith to examine the factory, and they shall have power to require such alterations as they may deem necessary. The occupier shall forthwith carry out any such alterations, and upon their being carried out the 15 council may amend their certificate or issue a fresh certificate. Where notice is so given as aforesaid and action is not taken by the district council within one month for remedying the dangerous conditions, the inspector may 20 take the like action as the council might have taken and shall be entitled to recover from the district council summarily as a civil debt all such expenses as the inspector may incur in so doing, and as are not recovered from any other person, and are not expenses incurred in or about 25 any unsuccessful legal proceedings. (7) This section applies to every factory— (a) in which more than twenty employed; or (b) of which the construction has been completed, 30 of which the construction has been completed or (d) in which explosive or highly inflammable materials are stored or used. Regulations, 31. (1) The Secretary of State may make regula- A.D. 1924. tions as to the means of escape in case of fire to be provided in factories or any class or description of factories, &c., as to and the provisions contained in the Second Schedule to 5 this Act shall apply to any such regulations. means of escape in It shall be the duty of the district council to see that case of fire. the requirements of any such regulations are complied with, and if a certificate has already been issued in respect of a factory which is not in conformity with the 10 regulations, the certificate shall be cancelled and a new certificate shall be obtained from the district council. (2) Every district council shall, in addition to any powers which they possess with reference to the prevention of fire, have power to make byelaws providing 15 for means of escape from fire in the case of factories or any class or description of factories, and sections one hundred and eighty-two to one hundred and eighty-six of the Public Health Act, 1875, shall apply to any byelaws so made; but such byelaws shall not contain any pro20 visions inconsistent with any regulations made by the Secretary of State under the preceding subsection. case of fire. 32.-(1) While any person is within a factory for Safety prothe purpose of employment or meals, the doors of the visions in factory, and of any room therein in which such person 25 is, shall not be locked or fastened in such manner that they cannot be easily and immediately opened from the inside. (2) The doors of every factory and the doors opening on to any staircase or corridor therein from any room in 30 which more than ten persons are employed shall, except in the case of sliding doors, be constructed to open outwards. (3) Every window, door, or other exit in a factory giving access to any means of escape in case of fire, 35 other than the means of exit in ordinary use shall be distinctively marked by a notice printed in red letters of an adequate size. (4) Where in any building forming part of a factory more than twenty persons are employed above the ground 40 floor, or where any explosive or highly inflammable material is handled or stored (a) the factory or building shall be equipped with a |