CAP. 59]
Ord. 18 of
1937, s. 5(3), Schedule.
Ord. 24 of
1946,
Ord. 44 of
1947,
G.N.A. 19/48.
G.N.A. 86/51.
Factories and Workshops.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS REGULATIONS.
(Cap. 59, section 5).
(Ordinance No. 18 of 1937).
[1st January, 1938.]
Definitions.
(Cap. 123).
Types of dangerous trades.
Children.
Women, etc.
1.
INTERPRETATION.
In these regulations-
"Building Authority" means the person appointed to act as such officer under the Buildings Ordinance;
"tenement factory" means a factory in any part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied by more than one person or firm;
"fire-resisting material" means a building material certified by the Building Authority to be fire-resisting; “mill-gearing" includes every shaft, wheel, drum and pulley and every other appliance by which motion or power is communicated to any machine;
"securely fenced" means securely fenced to the satisfaction of the Commissioner.
2.
Dangerous Trades.
The following are declared to be dangerous trades— (a) boiler chipping;
(b) fireworks manufacture;
(c) glass working;
(d) processes involving the use of arsenic, lead, manganese, mercury, phosphorus, or any compound of any of them;
(e) vermilion manufacture.
3.
trade.
4.
Employment of persons in dangerous trades.
No person shall employ any child in any dangerous trade.
Except with the written consent of the Commissioner, no person shall employ any woman, young person under the age of sixteen years or any female young person in any dangerous trade.
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