9.-(1) The foregoing provisions as to cleanliness, A.D. 1924. over-crowding, temperature, ventilation, drainage of floors, Power of and sanitary conveniences shall as respects any factory in district which mechanical power is not used and which forms part councils to 5 of a dwelling-house or shop, or is adjacent to a dwelling- enforce cerhouse or shop in the same occupation, be enforced by tain prothe district council. (2) The Secretary of State may also arrange with any district council for the enforcement by the council 10 of all or any of the said provisions in all other factories in which mechanical power is not used, or in any class or description of such factories. (3) Every district council shall keep a register of all factories situate within their district with respect to 15 which the duty of enforcing any of the said provisions is imposed upon or undertaken by them. visions of Part I. 10. (1) Where an inspector finds any act, neglect, Powers of or default, in relation to any drain, closet, urinal, ash-pit, inspector as to sanitary water-supply, nuisance, or other matter in a factory defects 20 which is liable to be dealt with by the district council remediable under this Part of this Act or under the law relating to by district public health, that inspector shall give notice in writing of council. the act, neglect, or default to the district council, and it shall be the duty of the district council to make such 25 inquiry into the subject of the notice, and take such action thereon, as seems to that council proper for the purpose of enforcing the law, and to inform the inspector of the proceedings taken in consequence of the notice. (2) An inspector may, for the purposes of this section, 30 take with him into a factory a medical officer of health, inspector of nuisances, or other officer of the district council. (3) Where notice of an act, neglect, or default is given by an inspector under this section to a district 35 council, and proceedings are not taken within one month for punishing or remedying the act, neglect or default, the inspector may take the like proceedings for punishing or remedying the same as the district council might have taken, and shall be entitled to recover from the district 40 council summarily as a civil debt all such expenses in and about the proceedings as the inspector incurs and as are not recovered from any other person, and have not been incurred in or about any unsuccessful proceedings. A.D. 1924. Powers in case of default of a district council. Power to make orders for special medical 11.—(1) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that the provisions of this Part of this Act which are enforceable by a district council, have not been enforced by any district council, he may, by order, authorise an inspector to take, during such period as may be men- 5 tioned in the order, such steps as appear necessary or proper for enforcing those provisions. (2) An inspector authorised in pursuance of this section shall, for the purpose of his duties thereunder, have the same powers in regard to any such matters as 10 he has with respect to other matters under this Act, and he may, for that purpose, take the like proceedings for enforcing the provisions of this Act, or for punishing or remedying any act or default, as might be taken by the district council; and he shall be entitled to recover from 15 the district council summarily as a civil debt all such expenses in and about any proceedings as he may incur and as are not recovered from any other person. 12. Where it appears to the Secretary of State that in view of the amount of sickness among the workers in 20 any factory or class or description of factories or for some supervision. other reason that special provision ought to be made at that factory or at factories of that class or description to secure the health of persons employed therein, he may by order require the occupier to make such reasonable provision 25 by arrangements for the special medical supervision of the workers and otherwise (but not so as to include medical treatment) as may be specified in the order. Prime movers. PART II. SAFETY (GENERAL PROVISIONS). 30 13.-(1) Every flywheel directly connected to any prime mover and every moving part of any prime mover, except such prime movers as are mentioned in subsection (3) of this section, shall be securely fenced, whether the flywheel or prime mover is situated in an engine-house 35 or not. (2) The head and tail race of every water wheel and of every water turbine shall be securely fenced. (3) All parts of electric generators motors and rotary converters, and every flywheel directly connected there- 40 with, shall either be securely fenced or be in such position or of such construction as to be equally safe to every A.D. 1924. person employed or working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced. 14. (1) All parts of the transmission machinery Trans5 shall either be securely fenced or be in such position or mission of such construction as to be equally safe to every person machinery. employed or working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced. (2) Efficient devices or appliances shall be provided 10 in every room or place in which work is carried on so as to stop promptly the transmission machinery in that room or place. (3) Suitable striking gear or other efficient mechanical appliances shall be provided and used to move driving 15 straps on fast and loose pulleys which form part of the transmission machinery, and any such gear or appliances shall be so constructed as to prevent accidental restarting of the machinery : Provided that where the Secretary of State is satisfied 20 that such striking gear or appliances are not necessary or are impracticable for any class of machines he may by order exempt such class of machines from this requirement. (4) A belt, strap or rope, when not in use, shall not be 25 allowed to rest or ride upon a revolving shaft which forms part of the transmission machinery. 15. (1) All dangerous parts of any machinery, other Other than prime movers and transmission machinery, shall machinery. either be securely fenced or be in such a position or of 30 such construction as to be as safe to persons employed or working on the premises as they would be if securely fenced. (2) Devices which automatically remove the hand of the operator from, or prevent it approaching, a dangerous 35 part, shall be deemed equivalent to secure fencing for that part. 40 (3) Where there are available safety devices which- (b) stop a machine forthwith in case of danger, A.D. 1924. such part or machine shall not be deemed to be securely fenced unless such devices are provided. New (4) Any part of any material or article which is dangerous while in motion in any machine shall either be securely fenced or be in such a position as to be equally 5 safe to every person employed or working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced. 16.—(1) In the case of any machinery constructed machinery. after the date of the passing of this Act Vessels containing dangerous liquids. Maintenance of fencing. Self-acting machines. (a) no set-screws, bolts or keys on any revolving 10 part shall be allowed to project; and (b) all spur and other gearing shall be completely encased. (2) Any person who sells or lets on hire any machine constructed after the date of the passing of this Act which 15 does not comply with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds. (3) The Secretary of State may by order apply the preceding subsection to machinery which does not comply 20 with the requirements of any other provision of this Act specified in the order, or of any order or regulation made under this Act and so specified, but any order made under this subsection shall relate only to machinery constructed after the date of the order. 25 17. Every uncovered fixed vessel, structure or pit containing any scalding, corrosive or poisonous liquid, the edge of which is less than three feet above the adjoining ground or platform, shall be securely fenced to at least that height, unless the nature of the work 30 makes such fencing impracticable. 18. All fencing or other safeguards provided in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act shall be of substantial construction, and constantly maintained in position and in an efficient state while the 35 parts required to be fenced or safeguarded are in motion or in use, except when any such parts are necessarily exposed for cleaning, lubrication, or examination. 19.—(1) In any factory or part of a factory to which this section applies the traversing carriage of any self- 40 acting machine shall not be allowed on its outward or inward traverse to run within a distance of eighteen inches A.D. 1924. from any fixed structure not being part of the machine, if the space over which it runs is a space over which any person is liable to pass, whether in the course of his 5 employment or otherwise : Provided that nothing in this subsection shall prevent any portion of the traversing carriage of any self-acting cotton-spinning or woollen-spinning machine being allowed to run to a point twelve inches distant from any 10 part of the head stock of another such machine. (2) A person employed shall not be in the space between the fixed and the traversing parts of a selfacting machine unless the machine is stopped with the traversing part on the outward run, but for the purpose 15 of this provision the space in front of a self-acting machine shall not be included in the space aforesaid. 20 25 (3) This section applies (a) to any factory erected after the thirty-first (b) to any factory or part of a factory reconstructed (c) to any extension of or addition to a factory by women 20. A woman or young person shall not clean any Cleaning part of a prime mover or any transmission machinery of machinery while in motion, or any part of any machine the cleaning and young of which would expose that woman or young person to persons. risk of injury either from that machine or from any 30 adjacent machinery. 21. (1) Every hoistway or liftway shall, if not com- Hoists and pletely enclosed, be efficiently protected by a substantial lifts. enclosure to a height of at least six and a half feet at the bottom, and, in the case of a way inside a building, to at 35 least that height at every landing. The protection shall be such as to prevent any person falling down the way or coming into contact with any moving part of the hoist or lift. (2) A door or gate not less than six feet in height 40 shall be provided at every opening giving access to a hoist or lift. In the case of a hoist or lift constructed or |