A.D. 1926. Duty of appointed doctor to investigate and report in certain cases. (2) The Secretary of State may cause the report of the court to be made public at such time and in such manner as he may think fit. 70.-(1) It shall be the duty of the appointed doctor to investigate and report— (a) upon cases of death or injury caused by exposure to fumes or other noxious substances, or due to any other special cause specified in instructions of the Secretary of State as requiring investigation; and 5 10 (b) upon any case of death or injury which the (2) The appointed doctor, for the purpose of an investigation under this section, shall have the same powers as an inspector, and shall also have power to enter any room in a building to which the person killed, 20 injured, or affected has been removed. Prohibition PART VI. EMPLOYMENT (WOMEN, YOUNG PERSONS AND Prohibition of Employment of Children. 71. (1) A child shall not be employed in a factory of employ- or about the business of any factory. ment of children. 25 (2) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any provisions contained in the Education Act, 1918, the Education (Scotland) 30 Act, 1918, or any other enactment prohibiting the employment in a factory of persons who are under an obligation to attend school, and references in those provisions to the Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901 to 1911, shall be construed as references to this Act. 35 Hours and Holidays. A.D. 1926. hours of em 72.-(1) Subject to the special exceptions allowed General conunder this Part of this Act the period of employment ditions as to and intervals for meals and rest for every woman or ployment of 5 young person employed in a factory shall conform with the following conditions, namely : 10 15 20 25 30 35 - (a) the total hours worked, exclusive of intervals Provided that where a rest interval of not less (d) a woman or young person shall not be employed (2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act- (3) The foregoing provisions shall not apply to any person holding a responsible position of management, and not usually employed in manual labour. women and young per sons. A.D. 1926. Notice fix ing hours of employment. Restriction of employment inside and outside factory on same day. Prohibition of use of certain rooms during meal times. Prohibition of Sunday employment. 73.-(1) The occupier shall fix within the limits allowed by this Part of this Act, and shall specify in a notice which shall be affixed in the factory (a) the period of employment for the women and young persons employed in the factory; (b) the intervals allowed for meals or rest to such women and young persons; 5 and, subject to the special exceptions allowed under this Part of this Act, no woman or young person shall be employed otherwise than in accordance with the notice. 10 (2) Different periods of employment and different intervals may be fixed for different days of the week. (3). A change in the said periods or intervals shall not be made until the occupier has served on the inspector for the district, and affixed in the factory, notice of his 15 intention to make the change, and shall not be made oftener than once in three months, unless for special cause allowed in writing by the inspector. (4) Where an inspector, by notice in writing, names a public clock, or some other clock open to public view, for 20 the purpose, the period of employment and the intervals allowed for meals or rest in that factory shall be regulated by that clock. 74.-(1) A woman or young person shall not, except during the period of employment, be employed by the 25 occupier outside the factory on any day during which the woman or young person is employed in the factory. (2) For the purposes of this section a woman or young person to or for whom any work is given out or who takes out any work to be done by him or her 30 outside a factory, shall be deemed to be employed outside the factory on the day on which the work is so given or taken out. 75. Subject to the special exceptions allowed under this Part of this Act, a woman or young person shall not 35 during any part of the intervals allowed for meals be allowed to remain in a room in which a process is then being carried on. 76. A woman or young person shall not (subject to the special exceptions allowed under this Part of this Act) 40 be employed on Sunday in a factory or about the business of a factory. 5 10 117 15 20 77.-(1) Subject to the special exceptions allowed A.D. 1926. under this Part of this Act, the occupier of a factory Annual shall allow in each year to every woman and young person employed in the factory the following holidays : In England and Wales the whole of Christmas Day, Good Friday, and every In Scotland— (a) In burglis, as whole holidays, the two days, (b) Four whole holidays fixed by the occupier. (3) A notice of every whole holiday shall be affixed 25 in the factory not less than four weeks before the holiday and unless the notice has been so affixed cessation from work on that day shall not be deemed to be a whole holiday : Provided that no such notice shall be required in England or Wales if the whole holiday is Christmas Day 30 or Good Friday or a bank holiday. 35 (4) A woman or young person shall not be employed in the factory or about the business of the factory on a whole holiday fixed by or in pursuance of this section. Special Exceptions. holidays. 78. The period of employment in the case of a male Exception young person who has attained the age of sixteen years relating to may begin at five o'clock in the morning in that part of male young a bakehouse in which the process of bread baking is carried on. persons employed in bakehouses. A.D. 1926. 79. The provisions of this Part of this Act which Exceptions require that all the women and young persons employed in a factory shall have the intervals allowed for meals or rest at the same hour of the day shall not apply as to simultaneous hours for meals and rest. Exceptions as to em ployment during intervals. Exceptions as to use of certain rooms during meal times. (a) to persons employed in any process on which by 5 reason of the nature thereof work requires to be carried on continuously; or (b) to different sets of persons employed on different processes: Provided that all persons employed in the 10 (c) where a mess-room or canteen is provided and (d) where the Secretary of State on being satisfied 80. The provisions of this Part of this Act with respect to the prohibition of employment during any interval allowed for meals or rest shall not apply to any male young persons employed in the manufacture of 35 wrought iron, steel or tinplate, or in the manufacture of paper or in the melting, blowing or annealing of glass. 81. The provisions of this Part of this Act with respect to the prohibition of the use of certain rooms during meal times shall not apply (a) where persons are employed in any process on which by reason of the nature thereof work requires to be carried on continuously; or 40 |