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(2) The provisions of Part II. of this Act conferring A.D. 1924. power to make orders as to unhealthy or dangerous factories shall apply in the case of a tenement factory

as if the owner were substituted for the occupier.

95. Where a part of a building is let off as a Premises separate factory, the provisions of Part I. of this Act where part with respect to cleanliness and lighting, and the pro- is separate of building visions of Part II. of this Act with respect to maintenance factory. of passages and stairs, shall apply to all passages and stairs 10 serving the part so let off, and the owner of the building shall, instead of the occupier, be liable for the observance of the said provisions and of the provisions of this Act relating to the provision and maintenance of sufficient sanitary accommodation, to means of escape and (so far as 15 they relate to matters within the control of the owner) safety provisions in case of fire, to hoists and lifts, and to the cleanliness of the sanitary accommodation when used in common by several tenants.

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Institutions.

96.-(1) Where in any premises forming part of an Institutions. institution carried on for charitable or reformatory purposes, not being premises subject to inspection by or under the authority of any Government department, any manual labour is exercised in or incidentally to the 25 making, altering, repairing, ornamenting, ornamenting, finishing,

washing, cleaning, or adapting for sale, of articles not intended for the use of the institution, the provisions of this Act shall, subject as hereinafter provided, apply to those premises notwithstanding that the work carried 30 on therein is not carried on by way of trade or for the purpose of gain, or that the persons working therein are not employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship.

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(2) If in any institution to which this section applies persons having the control of the institution (hereinafter referred to as the managers) satisfy the Secretary of State that the only persons working therein are persons who are inmates of and supported by the institution, or persons engaged in the supervision of the work or 40 the management of machinery, and that such work as aforesaid is carried on in good faith for the purposes of the support, education, training, or reformation of persons engaged in it, the Secretary of State may by order

A.D. 1924. direct that so long as the order is in force this Act shall apply to the institution subject to the following modifications:

(a) The managers may submit for the approval
of the Secretary of State a scheme for the 5
regulation of the hours of employment, intervals
for meals, and holidays of the inmates, and if
the Secretary of State is satisfied that the pro-
visions of the scheme are not less favourable
than the corresponding provisions of this Act, 10
the Secretary of State may approve the scheme,
and upon the scheme being so approved this
Act shall, until the approval is revoked, apply
as if the provisions of the scheme were sub-
stituted for the corresponding provisions of this 15
Act:

(b) The medical officer of the institution (if any),
may, on the application of the managers, be
appointed to be the appointed doctor for the in-
stitution :

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(c) The provisions of Part X. of this Act as to the
affixing of an abstract and notices shall not
apply, but amongst the particulars required
to be shown in the general register there shall
be included the prescribed particulars of the 25
scheme, or where no scheme is in force the pre-
scribed particulars as to hours of employment,
intervals for meals, and holidays, and other
matters dealt with in this Act:

(d) In the case of premises forming part of an 30
institution carried on for reformatory purposes,
if the managers of the institution give notice to
the chief inspector to that effect, an inspector shall
not, without the consent of the managers or of
the person having charge of the institution 35
under the managers, examine an inmate of the
institution save in the presence of one of the
managers or of such person as aforesaid: Pro-
vided that the Secretary of State, on being
satisfied that there is reason to believe that a 40
contravention of this Act is taking place in any
such institution, may suspend the operation of
this provision as respects that institution to such
extent as he may consider necessary:

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(e) The managers shall not later than the fifteenth A.D. 1924.
day of January in each year send to the Secretary
of State a correct return in the prescribed form,
specifying the names of the managers and the
name of the person (if any) having charge of
the institution under the managers, and such
particulars as to the number, age, sex, and
employment of the inmates and other persons
employed in the work carried on in the insti-
tution as may be prescribed, and shall, if any
requirement of this paragraph is not complied
with, be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine
not exceeding five pounds.

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Docks, Wharves, Quays, Warehouses and Ships.

97.-(1) The following provisions of this Act shall Docks, &c. apply to every dock, wharf or quay (including any line or siding which is used in connexion therewith and is not part of a railway) and every warehouse, as if they were factories; and as if the person having the actual use 20 or occupation thereof or of any premises within the same or forming part thereof, were the occupier of a factory :

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(a) the provisions of Part I., with respect to sanitary
conveniences;

(b) the provisions of Part II., other than those with
respect to vessels containing dangerous liquids,
steam receivers, compressed air receivers, self-
acting machines and (except in the case of
warehouses in which more than twenty persons
are employed), those with respect to means of
escape in case of fire, regulations as to means
of escape in case of fire, and safety provisions in
case of fire;

(c) the provisions of Part III., with respect to first
aid and welfare orders;

(d) the provisions of Part IV., with respect to
regulations for safety and health;

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Ships.

Building and

works.

(f) the provisions of Part IX., with respect to weights and measures used in ascertaining wages;

(g) the provisions of Part X., with respect to the affixing of an abstract, general registers, and 5 duties of persons employed;

(h) the provisions of Part XI., with respect to powers and duties of inspectors;

(i) Part XII.

(2) The provisions of this Act mentioned in para- 10 graphs (b), (d), (e), (h) and (i) of the foregoing subsection shall apply in relation to all machinery and plant used in the loading and unloading or coaling of any ship in any dock, harbour or canal, as if such machinery or plant were machinery or plant in a factory, and as if the 15 person using the machinery or plant were the occupier of a factory. For the purposes of this provision the expression plant " includes any gangway or ladder used by any person employed to load or unload or coal a ship.

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98. The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of securing the health, safety and welfare of persons engaged in any work of constructing, reconstructing, repairing, refitting, finishing or breaking up of a ship or in scaling, scurfing or cleaning boilers or cleaning bilges, 25 or otherwise preparing for sea a ship in a harbour or wet dock, by special order apply any of the provisions of this Act subject to such modifications as he may consider necessary to such work; and any person undertaking such work, shall be deemed to be the occupier of a factory. 30

Building and Engineering Works.

99.-(1) The following provisions of this Act shall engineering apply to building operations and engineering works undertaken by way of trade or business, and to any line or siding which is used in connexion therewith and is not 35 part of a railway, subject to the modifications hereinafter contained :

(a) the provisions of Part I., with respect to sanitary conveniences;

(b) the provisions of Part II., excepting those relating 40 to vessels containing dangerous liquids, maintenance of passages and stairs, work in places where

injurious fumes are liable to accumulate, steam A.D. 1924.
receivers, compressed air receivers, self-acting
machines, means of escape in case of fire,
regulations as to means of escape from fire,
and safety provisions in case of fire;

(c) the provisions of Part III., with respect to first
aid and welfare orders;

(d) the provisions of Part IV., with respect to
regulations for safety and health;

(e) Part V.;

(f) the provisions of Part IX., with respect to
weights and measures and weighing and
measuring instruments used in ascertaining
wages;

(g) the provisions of Part X., with respect to
affixing of an abstract, general registers and
duties of persons employed;

(h) the provisions of Part XI., with respect to powers
and duties of inspectors;

(i) Part XII.

(2) The Notice of Accidents Act, 1894, shall not apply in the case of any accident in respect of which notice is required to be given under this section, and if any question arises as to whether the notice ought to be given under 25 the Notice of Accidents Act, 1894, or under this Act, the question shall be finally determined by the Secretary of State.

(3) The provisions of this Act in their application to building operations and engineering works shall have effect 30 as if references to any place where the operations or works are carried on were substituted for references to factories, and references to the persons undertaking by way of their trade or business such operations and works were substituted for references to the occupier of a factory, 35 and with such other necessary adaptations as may be prescribed :

Provided that such of the provisions of this Act as require general registers to be kept and copies of the prescribed abstract and regulations to be kept posted 40 up on the premises shall be deemed to be complied with if the general register is kept at an office of the person undertaking the operations or works, and copies of the