10 arrangements, accommodation or other facili- A.D. 1924. (4) If, in the case of any order proposed to be made 15 for a particular factory, the occupier or, in the case of an order for factories of a particular class or group or description, the majority of the occupiers of factories of that class or group or description, dispute the reasonableness of the requirements in the proposed order or 20 any of them, the objection shall be referred for settlement to a referee selected in accordance with rules made under this section, but the Secretary of State may so refer any objection though not made by a majority of the occupiers if he thinks desirable. 25 (5) The Secretary of State may make rules as to the time within which, and the manner in which, notice of objection to any proposed order may be made, and as to the selection of and the procedure before a referee and the cost of the proceedings before a referee (including 30 the remuneration of the referee). (6) This section shall not apply to factories in which the only persons employed are members of the same family dwelling there. (7) The Secretary of State may by special order 35 extend the matters to which this section applies to matters other than those mentioned in this section. (8) An order under this section may impose duties on employed persons in connection with the use of any facilities provided, and (in the case of tenement factories) 40 on owners. 45. (1) Every person employed shall be allowed Weekly rest between six o'clock on Saturday evening and six o'clock day. A.D. 1924. on Monday morning a period of rest of not less than twenty-four hours. Removal of dust or fumes. Prohibition (2) The foregoing provision shall not apply in any cases in which the only persons employed in the factory are members of the same family dwelling there, or in 5 the case of workers employed in any industry or class of work which may be exempted by special order of the Secretary of State after consultation with any organisations representative of the employers and workers in the industry affected, on the ground of the exigencies of the 10 work. (3) Where the occupier is a person of the Jewish religion, the period of rest may, in the case of persons of that religion, be allowed between six o'clock on Friday evening and six o'clock on Sunday morning. (4) A notice shall be affixed in the factory specifying the period of rest allowed in pursuance of this section. PART IV. HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE (SPECIAL PROVISIONS Special Provisions. 15 20 46.-(1) In every factory in which, in connection with any process carried on, there is given off any dust or fume of an injurious or offensive character or any substantial quantity of dust of any kind, all practicable 25 measures shall be taken to protect the workers against inhalation of the dust or fume, and to prevent its accumulating in any workroom, and in particular, where the nature of the process makes it practicable, exhaust appliances shall be provided and maintained, as near 30 as possible to the point of origin of the dust or fume, so as to prevent it entering the air of any workroom. (2) No internal combustion engine shall be used in any workroom unless it is so enclosed as to prevent any fumes from the engine entering the air of the room. 47. Where a notice is exhibited by the occupier of spitting. in any room in the factory that spitting on the floor or 35 5 walls of the room is forbidden, any person who spits A.D. 1924. on the floor or walls of the room shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty shillings. trades. 48.-(1) Where in any room in a factory lead, Meals in arsenic or other poisonous substance is so used as to certain give rise to dust or fumes, or any highly silicious dust is dangerous given off in connexion with any process carried on, a person shall not be permitted to take a meal or to remain 10 during the times allowed to him for meals in that room, and a suitable messroom shall be provided or other suitable provision made for enabling the persons employed in that room to take their meals elsewhere in the factory. (2) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that, 15 by reason of the nature of any process carried on in any class or description of factories or parts thereof to which the foregoing provisions of this section do not apply, the taking of meals therein is injurious to health or otherwise undesirable, he may, if he thinks fit, by special order 20 extend those provisions to such factories or parts of factories. 49.-(1) No person shall use white phosphorus in Prohibition the manufacture of matches. of use of white phos. manufacture (2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act the 25 expression "white white phosphorus" means the substance of matches. usually known as white or yellow phosphorus. 30 50.-(1) Where in any part of a factory (a) the process of melting, or blowing glass; or (b) the process of annealing glass other than plate (c) the evaporating of brine or finishing of salt, is carried on, a female young person shall not be employed in that part of the factory. (2) The Secretary of State may by special order extend 35 this section to any process in which, on account of the special circumstances, it appears to him undesirable that female young persons should be employed. Prohibition of employment of female young persons in certain pro cesses. A.D. 1924. Prohibition of employment of women and young persons in lifting excessive weights. Prohibition of employment of women and young persous in certain processes connected with lead manufacture. Regulations for employwomen and ment of young persons in processes involving use of lead compounds. 51. (1) A woman or young person shall not be employed to lift, carry or move any weight so heavy as to be likely to cause injury to such woman or young person. (2) The Secretary of State may make special orders prescribing the maximum weights which may be lifted, 5 carried or moved by women or young persons of any age in any class or description of factories, or when engaged in any process. 52. A woman or young person shall not be employed in any of the following operations : (a) work at a furnace where the reduction or treatment of zinc or lead ores is carried on : (b) the manipulation, treatment, or reduction of ashes containing lead, the desilverising of lead, or the melting of scrap lead or zinc : (c) the manufacture of solder or alloys containing more than ten per cent. of lead: (d) the manufacture of any oxide, carbonate, sul- (e) mixing or pasting in connexion with the manu- 10 15 20 53.-(1) A woman or young person shall not be 25 employed in any process involving the use of lead compounds if the process is such that dust or fume from a lead compound is produced therein, or the persons employed therein are liable to be splashed with any lead compound in the course of their employment, unless the 30 following regulations are complied with as respects all women and young persons employed: (a) where dust or fume from a lead compound is 5 10 15 (b) the persons employed must undergo the pre- A.D. 1924. intervals, and the prescribed record must be (c) No, food, drink, or tobacco shall be brought into (e) Such suitable cloak-room, mess-room, and washing (2) It shall not be lawful to employ in any process involving the use of lead compounds any woman or young 20 person who has been suspended after medical examination from employment in any such process on the ground that continuance therein would involve special danger to health. (3) The method of ascertaining whether any com25 pound or mixture is a lead compound within the meaning of this section shall be such as may be prescribed. (4) In this section "prescribed " means prescribed by an order made under this section, and the expression "lead compound means any soluble compound of lead which 30 is declared by order of the Secretary of State to be a lead compound for the purposes of this section, and includes a mixture containing any such compound, but does not include an alloy containing lead. (5) The provisions of subsections (3) (a), (4), and (5) 35 of section forty-four of this Act as to welfare orders shall apply with respect to orders made under this section as they apply with respect to orders made under that section. houses. 54. (1) Subject to such exceptions as may be Prohibition allowed by special order made by the Secretary of State, of night work 40 no person shall be employed in the manufacture of bread in bakeor flour confectionery, or in any other process ordinarily carried on in a bakehouse, between the hours of eleven in the evening and five in the morning. |