A.D. 1924. abstract and regulations are kept posted up at each office, yard, or shop of the person undertaking the operations or works at which persons employed by him on the operations or works attend, and in a position where they can easily be read by such persons.

Employment of women and young persons in

processes involving the

use of lead

carried on in places other than factory.

Lead Processes carried on in Places other than Factories.

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100. The provisions of this Act which relate to the regulation of the employment of women and young persons in processes involving the use of lead compounds shall apply where women and young persons are 10 employed in any place other than a factory, and

(a) if any person employs a woman or young person

in contravention of any of those provisions in any such place, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty 15 pounds;

(b) an inspector shall, in relation to any such place, have the same powers and duties as if the place in which the woman or young person was employed were a factory;

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(c) the provisions of this Act which require notification to be sent to the chief inspector, or to the inspector for a district, of lead poisoning contracted in factories shall apply to lead poisoning contracted by a woman or young person employed 25 in any process involving the use of lead compounds carried on in any place other than a factory.

Lists of out-
workers to
be kept in
certain
trades.

PART VIII.

HOME WORK.

101.-(1) In the case of persons employed in such classes of work as may from time to time be specified by special order of the Secretary of State, the occupier of every factory and every contractor employed by any such occupier in the business of the factory shall

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(a) keep in the prescribed form and manner, and with the prescribed particulars, lists showing the names and addresses of all persons (hereinafter referred to as outworkers) directly employed by him, either as workmen or as 40 contractors, in the business of the factory,

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outside the factory, and of the places where A.D. 1924.
they are employed; and

(b) send to an inspector such copies of or extracts
from those lists as the inspector may from time
to time require; and

(c) send during the month of February and the
month of August in each year copies of those
lists, showing all outworkers so employed by
him during the preceding six months, to the
district council.

(2) Every district council shall cause the lists received in pursuance of this section to be examined, and shall furnish the name and place of employment of every outworker included in any such list whose place of 15 employment is outside its district to the council in whose district his place of employment is.

(3) The lists kept by the occupier or contractor shall be open to inspection by any inspector, and by any officer duly authorised by the district council, and 20 the copies sent to the council and the particulars furnished by one council to another shall be open to inspection by any inspector or officer of any Government Department.

(4) This section shall apply to any place from which any work is given out (whether the materials for the 25 work are supplied by the occupier or not), and to the occupier of that place, and to every contractor employed by the occupier in connexion with the said work, as if that place were a factory.

(5) In the event of a contravention of this section 30 by the occupier of a factory or place, or by a contractor, the occupier or contractor shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

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102.-(1) Where work in respect of which this section Employment applies is carried on for the purpose of or in connexion of person in 35 with the business of a factory in any place which is in unwholethe opinion of the district council injurious or dangerous mises. to the health of the persons employed therein, the district council may give notice in writing to the occupier of the factory or to any contractor employed by him that the 40 place is so injurious or dangerous, and if the occupier or contractor after the expiration of one month from the receipt of such notice gives out work to be done in that place he shall, unless it is proved to the satisfaction of

A.D. 1924. the court dealing with the case that the place is not in fact so injurious or dangerous, be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.

Particulars

of work and wages to be

given to pieceworkers.

(2) For the purpose of this section any place from which work is given out shall be deemed to be a factory. 5 (3) This section shall apply in respect of such classes of work as may be specified in a special order made by the Secretary of State.

PART IX.

PARTICULARS OF PIECE WORK AND WAGES.

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103.-(1) Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained respecting weavers in the worsted woollen and cotton trades, every person paid by the piece, who is employed in a factory or in the business of a factory outside the factory, whether directly by the occupier 15 or by any contractor employed by him in connexion with the factory, shall, in order to enable him to compute the total amount of wages payable to him in respect of his work, be furnished with particulars of his work and of the rate of wages applicable thereto, as follows:(a) The occupier or contractor shall furnish him with particulars of the rate of wages applicable to his work either

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(i) by furnishing him with a written statement of such particulars at the time when 25 the work is given out to him; or

(ii) in the case of persons employed in a
factory, by exhibiting such particulars on a
placard in the room where the work is done,
or, where a placard is not practicable, in a book 30
or books which shall be kept in such place
convenient for the persons employed as the
inspector for the district may direct:

(b) In the case of a worker employed in a factory
the occupier shall exhibit on a placard in the 35
room where the work is done the basis and
conditions, if any, according to which the rates
of wages are regulated.

(c) The occupier or contractor shall furnish in
writing to the person employed such particulars 40
of the work as affect the amount of wages

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payable to him (except so far as they are A.D. 1924.
ascertainable by an automatic indicator) at the
time when the work is given out:

Provided that

(i) where the rates of wages applicable to any
work are not ascertainable before the work is
given out, the particulars shall be furnished
in writing as soon as practicable after the
work is completed;

(ii) where such particulars of the work as affect
the amount of wages are ascertained by an
automatic indicator, and a placard containing
particulars as to the rate of wages is exhibited
in each room in pursuance of an agreement
between employers and persons employed and
in conformity with the requirements of this
section the exhibition thereof shall be a
sufficient compliance with this section;
(iii) it shall not be necessary to furnish persons
employed in the factory with particulars of
the work where the work is of a standard
kind which is sufficiently indicated by the
materials given out and which is denoted in a
placard or book exhibited or kept as aforesaid,
and containing the rate of wage for the work,
by a description or name sufficiently indicating
its nature; and

(iv) if particulars of the amount of work on which
the person is paid are not ascertainable until
the work is completed, such particulars shall,
as soon as practicable after the completion of
the work, be furnished in writing to that person.

(2) This section shall apply to any place from which any work is given out (whether the materials for the 35 work are supplied by the occupier or not), and to the occupier of that place, and to every contractor employed by the occupier in connexion with the said work, as if that place were a factory.

(3) The particulars, either as to rate of wages or as 40 to work, shall not be expressed by means of symbols, but this shall not prevent the occupier or contractor from describing any work which is of a standard kind known to the persons employed by a particular figure, number,

A.D. 1924. letter, or name, or combination thereof, by means of such figure, number, letter, or name, or combination thereof.

(4) Where the work is done in common by a gang of persons, the particulars required to be given shall be-(a) the rate of wages applicable to the work done 5 by the gang and the proportions (if fixed by the employer) according to which the wages of the several members of the gang are calculated; and (b) such particulars of the work done by the gang as affect the amount payable to the gang;

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and the occupier or contractor may in lieu of furnishing
each member of the gang with written particulars of the
work, furnish them to the member of the gang (if any)
to whom the wages of the gang are paid, or may exhibit
them on a placard in the department or place in which 15
the work is done.

(5) If the person employed is required to return any written particulars or to hand them on with the work to another person employed, either

(a) a copy shall be furnished to the person employed 20
which he may retain for his own use; or

6) a book shall be supplied to that person in which
he may enter such particulars, and which shall
be produced by him for examination by the
person receiving the work on behalf of the 25
employer, who shall initial the entry if found

correct.

(6) Any placard or book exhibited or kept in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this section shall contain no other matter than particulars of rates of wages 30 or work, and shall be exhibited or kept, as the case may be, in such a position as to be easily accessible and read by all persons to whose work the particulars relate.

(7) Where an automatic indicator is used for ascertaining work, the indicator shall have marked on its case 35 the number of teeth in each wheel and the diameter of the driving roller, or such other particulars as will enable the accuracy of the indicator to be checked.

(8) The Secretary of State, on being satisfied by the report of an inspector that the provisions of this section 40 require to be modified in order to adapt them to the