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25. Precautions in places where dangerous fumes

accumulate.

26. Steam boilers.

27. Steam receivers.

28. Exemptions as to steam boilers and steam receivers. 29. Compressed air receivers.

30. Means of escape in case of fire.

31. Regulations, &c., as to means of escape in case of fire.

32. Safety provisions in case of fire.

33.

Provision as to fire drills in certain factories.

34. Power to make orders in cases of special danger. 35. Power of court to make orders as to dangerous conditions and practices.

36. Power to make orders as to unhealthy or dangerous factory.

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HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (SPECIAL PROVISIONS AND REGULATIONS).

Special Provisions.

42. Removal of dust or fumes.

43.

Prohibition of spitting.

44. Meals in certain dangerous trades.

45. Prohibition of use of white phosphorus in manufacture of matches.

46. Prohibition of employment of female young persons in certain processes.

47. Prohibition of employment of women and young persons in lifting excessive weights.

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48. Prohibition of employment of women and young persons in certain processes connected with lead manufacture.

49. Regulations for employment of women and young persons in processes involving use of lead compounds.

50. Metal-grinding factories.

51. Humid factories.

52. Underground rooms.

53. Basement bakehouses.

54. Laundries.

Regulations.

55. Power to make regulations for safety and health.

Supplementary Provisions.

56. Importation of articles made with prohibited materials.

57. Sale and importation of certain materials, &c. 58. Power to take samples.

PART V.

NOTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS AND INDUSTRIAL DISEASES.

59.

60.

61.

Notification of accidents in factories.

Power to extend to dangerous occurrences provisions as to notice of accidents.

Notification of industrial diseases.

62. Inquest in case of death by accident or industrial disease in factory.

63. Power to direct formal investigation of accidents. 64. Duty of appointed doctor to investigate and report in certain cases.

PART VI.

EMPLOYMENT (WOMEN, YOUNG PERSONS, AND
CHILDREN).

Prohibition of Employment of Children.

65. Prohibition of employment of children.

Clause.

Hours and Holidays.

66. General conditions as to hours of employment of women and young persons.

67. Overtime employment of women and young persons. 68. Notice fixing hours of employment.

69. Restriction of employment inside and outside factory on same day.

70.

Prohibition of use of certain rooms during meal times.

71. Prohibition of Sunday employment.

72. Annual holidays.

73. Power to suspend certain provisions of Part VI. in emergency.

Special Exceptions.

74. Exceptions as to employment of women and young persons in shifts.

75. Exceptions as to male young persons over sixteen employed in shifts.

76. Exceptions as to simultaneous hours for meals. and rest.

77. Exceptions as to employment during intervals. Exceptions as to use of certain rooms during meal times.

78.

79. Exception as to Saturday.

80. Exception as to Sundays and Saturdays in Jewish factories.

81. Exceptions as to fish and fruit preserving.

82. Exceptions as to creameries.

83. Exception relating to male young persons employed in bakehouses.

84. Provision for protection of women and young persons employed under exceptions.

85. Notices, registers, &c., relating to special exceptions.

Certificate of fitness for Employment of Young Persons under the age of Sixteen Years.

86. Certificate of fitness for employment of young persons under the age of sixteen years.

87. Power of inspector to require certificate of capacity

for work.

89. Saving.

Clause.

PART VII.

SPECIAL APPLICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS.

Premises in respect of which Owner is liable.

89. Tenement factories.

90. Premises where part of building is separate factory.

91. Institutions.

Institutions.

Docks, Wharves, Quays, Warehouses and Ships.

92. Docks, &c.

93. Ships.

Building and Engineering Works.

94. Building and engineering works.

Lead Processes carried on in Places other than Factories. 95. Employment of women and young persons in processes involving the use of lead carried on in places other than factory.

PART VIII.

HOME WORK.

96. Lists of outworkers to be kept in certain trades. 97. Employment of person in unwholesome premises.

PART IX.

PARTICULARS OF PIECE-WORK AND WAGES.

98. Particulars of work and wages to be given to pieceworkers.

99.

Modifications of foregoing section in relation to worsted, woollen and cotton trades.

100. Weights and measures used in ascertaining wages.

PART X.

MISCELLANEOUS.

101. Notice of occupation of factory.

102. Affixing of abstract and notices.

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108. Appointment and duties of inspectors and clerks and servants.

109. Powers of inspectors.

110. Power of inspector to conduct proceedings before magistrates.

111. Certificate of appointment of inspector.

112. Appointment and duties of appointed doctors. 113. Fees of appointed doctors.

114. Provisions as to county and district councils. Provisions as to orders of Secretary of State.

115.

PART XII.

PENALTIES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

116. Fines for contravention of provisions of this Act. 117. Fines in case of death or injury. 118. Fine for offence by parent.

119. Forgery of certificates, false entries, and false declarations.

120. Penalty on person actually committing offence for which occupier is liable.

121. Power of occupier to exempt himself from fine on conviction of the actual offender.

123.

122. Proceedings against persons other than occupiers. Owner of machine liable in certain cases instead of occupier.

124.

125.

126.

127.

Prosecution of offences and recovery and application of fines.

Evidence in summary proceedings.

Service and sending of documents, &c.

Certificate of birth in case of young persons under eighteen.

128. Power of county court to modify agreements. 129. Power of county court to apportion expenses. 130. Application of Arbitration Act, 1889.

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