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Number of occupants
to be
posted.
Maintenance
of ventila.
tion.
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145. In every factory and workshop a notice must be affixed specifying the number of persons which can be em- ployed in each room.
146. In every room in every factory and workshop sufficient means of ventilation must be provided and main- tained.
Special permission
of Council necessary before any dangerous or offensive
Regulation of Dangerous, Unhealthy, or Offensive Trades or Occupations.
147.-(1) No person shall after the 26th February, 1903, establish or carry on in any premises not so used at such date, any dangerous or any offensive trade in any part of the Colony, without the special permission in writing of the Council, and a Magistrate may in addition to any penalty trade can be which he may inflict, for a contravention of this section, order the closing of any such premises for such period as he may deem necessary.
established.
Council may
(2) For the purposes of this section, any such business shall be deemed to be established after the said date not only if it has been established but also if it is removed from any one set of premises to any other premises, or if it is renewed on the same set of premises after having been discontinued for a period of twelve months or upwards, or if any premises on which it is carried on are enlarged with- out the permission of the Urban Council; but a business shall not be deemed to be established anew on any premises by reason only that the ownership or occupancy of such premises is wholly or partially changed, or that the building in which it is established having been wholly or partially pulled down or burnt down has been reconstructed without any extension of its area.
Provided always that any permission given by the Council under this section shall be revocable at any time by the Council.
148. The Council may by an order in writing prohibit the prohibit occupation for domestic purposes of any building in which any occupation of dangerous or any offensive trade is carried on. dangerous
domestic
trade
building.
Licence
necessary
for offensive trade.
149.-(1) It shall not be lawful to carry on any offensive trade in any premises unless a licence has been issued by the Council, nor unless a licence has been issued by the authority of the Governor in accordance with the terms of the Crown lease of the lot upon which such premises are situated, where such licence is required.
(2) Every licence shall expire on the 31st day of December and shall be for a period not exceeding one year.
(3) Where a licence is required under the Crown lease of the lot upon which the premises are situated, such licence will be indorsed on the licence issued by the Council, and signed by the officer duly authorised for that purpose.
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