against Poisoning). A BILL ΤΟ Make better provision for the protection against A.D. 1926. lead poisoning of persons employed in painting buildings. BE E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of 5 the same, as follows: 10 15 20 25 1. (1) The Secretary of State may make regula- Regulations tions for preventing danger from the use of lead paint as to use of to persons employed in or in connection with the painting lead paint. of buildings, and in particular (a) for prohibiting the use of any lead compound use; (b) for the prevention of danger arising from the spray; (c) for the prevention so far as practicable of danger (d) for providing for the medical examination of (e) for securing that facilities for washing during, A.D. 1926. Prohibition of employ ment of women and young persons in painting buildings with lead paint. Application of certain of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. against Poisoning). (f) for the use of protective clothing by persons (2) The provisions of sections eighty, eighty-one and 2. On and after the nineteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, it shall not be lawful to employ any any woman or young person in painting any part of a building with lead paint: Provided that this section shall not apply to the employment of 15 (a) persons employed as apprentices in the painting (b) women or young persons in such special decora- 3. The provisions of section seventy-three (which relates to notification of diseases in factories), sections 30 provisions eighty-five and eighty-six (which relate respectively to breaches and publication of regulations), sections one hundred and nineteen to one hundred and twenty-one (which relate to powers and duties of inspectors), and Part IX. (which relates to legal proceedings) of the 35 Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, shall apply in any case where persons are employed in painting buildings as if the places where they are employed were factories, and as if the persons by whom they are employed were the occupiers of the factories, and with such further or 40 other modifications as may be made by order of the Secretary of State for the purpose of making those provisions applicable to the painting of buildings. 5 10 against Poisoning). 4. (1) Every person who by way of trade or A.D. 1926. business employs persons in painting buildings shall send to the Inspector of Factories for the district in which his Registers, office is situated a notice in writing stating his name and returns, &e. the address of his office, and shall keep at his office a register which shall be available for inspection by an inspector of factories at all reasonable times, containing such particulars as to the persons so employed by him, and as to the work on which they are employed as may be prescribed, and shall make such returns to the Inspector of Factories for the district as may be prescribed. (2) Any person failing to comply with the requirements of this section shall be liable on summary convic15 tion to a fine not exceeding three pounds. 5.-(1) Where an inspector under the Factory Power to and Workshop Act, 1901, suspects that any substance take samused or intended for use in painting a building contains ples. a lead compound, he may at any time take for analysis 20 sufficient samples of that substance. (2) If any person who employs persons in painting buildings refuses to allow an inspector to take samples in pursuance of this section, or to give him facilities for the purpose, he shall be liable on summary conviction 25 to a fine not exceeding three pounds: Provided that any such person may, at the time when a sample is taken under this section, and on providing the necessary appliances, require the inspector to divide the sample into two parts and to mark and seal 30 and deliver to him one such part. (3) A certificate purporting to be a certificate by the Government chemist at the Government Laboratory as to the result of an analysis of a sample under this section shall, in any proceedings under this Act, be evidence of 35 the matters stated therein, unless either party requires the person by whom the analysis was made to be called as a witness. (4) It shall not be lawful for any person, except in so far as is necessary for the purposes of a prosecution 40 for a contravention of this Act, to publish or disclose to any person the results of an analysis made under this section. A.D. 1926. Application to employ ment under the Crown. Definitions. Short title, construction, commencement and extent. against Poisoning). If any person acts in contravention of the provisions of this subsection, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds. 6. This Act shall apply where persons are employed in painting buildings by or under the Crown in like 5 manner as if the employers were private persons. 7. In this Act the expression "lead paint means any paint, paste, spray, stopping, filling, or other material used in painting which, when treated in a manner prescribed by rules made by the Secretary of State yields 10 to an aqueous solution of hydro-chloric acid, a quantity of soluble lead compound exceeding, when calculated as lead monoxide, five per cent. of the dry weight of the portion taken for analysis; and the expression "building" includes fixtures. 9.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Lead Paint (Protection against Poisoning) Act, 1926, and shall be construed as one with the Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901 to 1920. 15 (2) This Act shall come into operation on the 20 first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven. (3) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland. |