A.D. 1926. (ii) One hygrometer shall be fixed in the centre and one at the side of each room, or in such other position as is directed or sanctioned by an inspector, so as to be plainly visible to the persons employed; (iii) A copy of the table of humidity shall be kept hanging up near to each hygrometer; 5 (iv) The occupier or manager or other person authorised for the purpose shall read the hygrometers twice daily, namely, between 10 ten and eleven o'clock in the morning and between three and four o'clock in the afternoon on every day on which any persons are employed in the room in the morning or afternoon as the case may be, and shall record the readings 15 the prescribed form provided for each hygrometer; on (v) The forms on which the readings of each hygrometer are recorded shall be kept hung up near the hygrometer, and when filled shall 20 be preserved at the factory for reference. The entries recorded in the form shall be primâ facie evidence of the humidity of the atmosphere and temperature in the factory; Provided that where as respects any room 25 (d) No water which is liable to cause injury to the 5 10 (2) The occupier of every humid factory shall, at A.D. 1926. or before the time at which artificial production of humidity is commenced, give notice thereof in writing to the chief inspector. any 58.--(1) In the industries or processes to which Underground this section applies work shall not be carried on in rooms. underground room which is certified by the inspector for the district to be unsuitable for the purpose as regards construction, light, ventilation, or in any other respect. If the occupier feels aggrieved by any decision of an inspector under this section the matter shall, in accordance with rules as to procedure and costs (including the remuneration of the referee) made by the Secretary of State, be referred to the decision of a person appointed 15 (in default of agreement) by the judge of the county court having jurisdiction where the factory is situate. (2) The foregoing provision shall not apply to any underground room used only for the purpose of storage or for any other purpose which may be excepted by 20 order of the Secretary of State. (3) In this section the expression "underground room means any room which or any part of which is so situate that half or more than half the whole height thereof, measured from the floor to the ceiling, is below 25 the surface of the footway of the adjoining street or of the ground adjoining or nearest to the room. (4) Any certificate issued under this section may be withdrawn by the inspector for the district if such alterations are made in the room as in his opinion to 30 render it suitable. 35 (5) This section applies to the following industries and processes, namely: Upholstering; 40 and processes incidental thereto. The Secretary of State may by special order extend the provisions of this section to industries and processes other than those specified in this subsection. 59.-(1) A basement bakehouse shall not be used Basement 45 as a bakehouse unless it was lawfully so used at the bakehouses. date of the passing of this Act. A.D. 1926. Laundries. Power to make regula tions for safety and health. (2) For the purpose of this section "basement bakehouse" means a bakehouse any baking room of which is so situate that the surface of the floor is more than three feet below the surface of the footway of the adjoining street, or of the ground adjoining or nearest to 5 the room; and "baking room" means any room used for baking, or for any process incidental thereto. (3) The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the district council, and the provisions of Part I. of this Act as to the power to act in default of the district 10 council shall apply in the case of any default of the district council under this section. 60. In every laundry (a) if mechanical power is used, a fan or other (b) all stoves for heating irons shall be sufficiently Regulations. 61.-(1) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that any manufacture, machinery, plant, process, or de- 25 scription of manual labour, used in factories is of such a nature as to require special measures to be taken for securing the safety or health of the persons employed in connexion therewith, or any class of those persons he may, subject to the provisions of this Act, make such regula- 30 tions as appear to him to be reasonably practicable and to meet the necessity of the case. (2) Regulations so made may apply to all the factories in which the manufacture, machinery, plant, process, or description of manual labour is used (whether existing at 35 the time when the regulations are made or afterwards established) or to any specified class or description of such factories. They may provide for the exemption of any specified class or description of factories either absolutely or subject to conditions. (3) Regulations so made may apply to tenement factories and in such case may impose duties on occupiers who do not employ any person. 40 (4) No person shall be precluded by any agreement A.D. 1926. from doing, or be liable under any agreement to any penalty or forfeiture for doing, such acts as may be necessary in order to comply with the provisions of any 5 regulation so made. 10 15 (5) Regulations so made may, among other things, (b) prohibit, limit, or control the use of any (c) modify or extend any provisions of this Part of and may impose duties on owners, managers and workers (6) The provisions contained in the Second Schedule 20 to this Act shall apply to regulations made under this section. Supplementary Provisions. made with 62.-(1) Where by any regulations made under this Importation Act the use of any material or process is prohibited, of articles 25 His Majesty may by Order in Council prohibit the probibited importation into Great Britain or Northern Ireland of materials. any articles in the manufacture of which the material or process has been employed. (2) It shall not be lawful to import into Great 30 Britain or Northern Ireland matches made with white phosphorus. (3) Any article the importation of which is prohibited by or under this section shall be deemed to be included amongst the goods enumerated and described 35 in the table of prohibitions and restrictions contained in section forty-two of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876. certain 63.-(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to sell Sale and imor to offer or expose for sale, or to have in his possession portation of 40 for the purposes of sale, any matches made with white materials, phosphorus, and, if any person contravenes the provisions &e. of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable A.D. 1926. to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and shall forfeit any such matches in his possession, and any matches so forfeited shall be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the court may think fit. Power to take samples. (2) Where under any regulations made under this 5 Act the use of any material or process is prohibited, and the importation of any article in the manufacture of which the material or process has been employed is prohibited, the Secretary of State may by order extend the provisions of this section to any such article. 64.-(1) An inspector may at any time take for analysis sufficient samples of any material in use or mixed for use in the manufacture of matches. 10 (2) An inspector may at any time take for analysis sufficient samples of any substance used in a factory 15 which he suspects to be used in contravention of any regulation made under this Part of this Act, or to be injurious to the persons employed. (3) If the occupier of a factory refuses to allow an inspector to take samples in pursuance of this section, 20 or to give him facilities for the purpose, he shall be deemed to have obstructed the inspector in the execution of his duties: Provided that the occupier may, at the time when a sample is taken under this section, and on providing the 25 necessary appliances, require the inspector to divide the sample into two parts and to mark and seal and deliver to him one such part. (4) A certificate purporting to be a certificate by the Government Chemist at the Government laboratory as to 30 the result of an analysis of a sample under this section shall in any proceedings under this Act be evidence of the matters stated therein, but either party may require the person by whom the analysis was made to be called as a witness. 35 (5) It shall not be lawful for any person, except in so far as is necessary for the purposes of a prosecution for an offence under this Act, to publish or disclose to any person the results of an analysis made under this section. If any person acts in contravention of this 40 provision he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds. |