THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1986
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ANTI-SMOKING BLITZ ON FACTORIES CONDUCTED
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THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING A MONTH-LONG ANTI-SMOKING BLITZ IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORIES.
THE PURPOSE OF THE EXERCISE IS TO CREATE AN IMPACT AT WORKPLACES AND TO PREVENT THE OUTBREAK OF ACCIDENTS.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TEAMS OF INSPECTORS WOULD CARRY OUT SPOT-CHECKS ON ALL TYPES OF FACTORIES UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. SPECIAL ATTENTION WOULD BE PAID TO FACTORIES WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ISSUED WITH NO SMOKING PROHIBITION NOTICE+,
+ IF ANYONE IS FOUND SMOKING IN THEIR WORKPLACES, OR ANY PART OF THEM, WHERE SMOKING IS PROHIBITED, PROSECUTION ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT FURTHER WARNING, HE SAID.
UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (FIRE PRECAUTIONS IN NOTIFIABLE WORKPLACES) REGULATIONS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR IS EMPOWERED, BY NOTICE IN WRITING, TO PROHIBIT SMOKING IN ANY NOTIFIABLE WORKPLACE WHERE ANY INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCE OR ARTICLE IS PRESENT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY INDUSTRIAL PROCESS OR OPERATION AND INVOLVES DANGER OF FIRE, AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SUCH THAT SMOKING WOULD GIVE RISE TO A SERIOUS FIRE RISK.
+THE PROPRIETOR ISSUED WITH +NO SMOKING PROHIBITION NOTICE+ SHOULD TAKE ALL REASONABLE STEPS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROHIBITION AND DISPLAY IN PROMINENT POSITIONS WITHIN THE WORKPLACE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF NO SMOKING+ SIGNS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ IT IS ALSO THE LEGAL DUTY OF EVERY PERSON NOT TO SMOKE IN ANY PART OF A NOTIFIABLE WORKPLACE IN WHICH SMOKING IS PROHIBITED.
+THOSE WHO CONTRAVENE THE REGULATIONS ARE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $10 000 UPON CONVICTION.+
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