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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1988
THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL
UNDERTAKINGS
FIXING TOOLS) REGULATIONS WERE MADE IN 1977.
(CARTRIDGE-OPERATED
TOOL
REGULATION 4 PROVIDED THAT NO TOOL OTHER THAN AN APPROVED LISTED IN THE SCHEDULE SHOULD BE USED IN AN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING.
REGULATION 19 PURPORTED TO EMPOWER THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR TO AMEND THE SCHEDULE BY NOTICE IN THE GAZETTE.
"WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN ADVISED THAT REGULATION 19 MAY HAVE BEEN ULTRA VIRES SECTION 7(1) OF THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT IS EXPRESSED AS A SUB-DELEGATION OF THE POWER TO MAKE REGULATIONS, RATHER THAN AS A POWER TO APPROVE CERTAIN TYPES OF EQUIPMENT," HE SAID.
THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT REGULATIONS WAS ΤΟ PUT THE MATTER BEYOND DOUBT BY PROVIDING FOR:
(A) THE REVOCATION OF THE
SCHEDULE;
EXISTING
REGULATION 19 AND THE
(B) THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW REGULATION 19 то EMPOWER THE
COMMISSIONER TO APPROVE TOOLS BY NOTICE
IN THE GAZETTE;
AND
(C)
THE AMENDMENT OF THE DEFINITION OF "APPROVED TOOL" ΤΟ REFLECT THESE CHANGES.
TWO BILLS PASSED
TWO BILLS WERE PASSED IN TODAY'S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING.
THEY WERE THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1988 AND THE ROADS (WORKS, USE AND COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988.
AND
IN ADDITION, A MOTION MOVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION MANPOWER, THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS
FIXING
(AMENDMENT}
(CARTRIDGE-OPERATED
REGULATIONS 1988, WAS PASSED.
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