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Title

(e) Factories and

Industrial Undertakings (Protection of Eyes) Regulations

(f) Factories and

Industrial Undertakings (Amendment) Bill 1976

Purpose

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Ref. in Annex D

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Present Position

To protect workers' at work.

eyes

Para. 1(7)(e)

Labour Advisory Board agreed on 24.8.1976; views of ▾ employers' associations awaited.

(i) To amend sub-section 2(3)(a) so that only technical schools, but

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not non-profit making

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institutions, are

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excluded from the

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scope of the Ordinance

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(ii) To empower the

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Commissioner for

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Labour to appoint

consultants

Para.

1(7) (f)

(iii) To enable the Commissioner)

for Labour to make codes >

of practice

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(iv) To include 'airport' in

the definition of

'industrial under-

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taking' so as to comply with Article 1(d) of I.L.O. Convention No.90

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Para. 1(7)(g)

Para. 1(7) (h)

(g) Electrical safety in industrial under- takings regulations

(h) Construction Sites

(Safety) (Amendment) Regulations

(i) Protection of hearing

regulations

To ensure workers' safety in connection with the handling of electrical appliances.

To improve the existing provisions of the regulations (a) to bring the phraseology

more in line with current U.K. legislation;

(b) to provide for specific safety measures for

construction work conducted adjacent to water.

To protect workers' hearing at work.

Para. 1(7)(i)

Target Implementation Date

End of 1977 (Legislation -

second quarter of 1977)

Drafting instructions being prepared by Commissioner for Labour

Third quarter 1977 (Legislation

first quarter of 1977)

Draft drafting instructions being prepared by Commissioner for Labour

Comments from Building Contractors Association Ltd. received; under consideration by Commissioner for Labour

End of 1978 (Legislation -

between October 1977 and August 1978)

First quarter 1977

(Legislation -

third quarter of 1977)

Commissioner for Labour. examining problems involved in legislation

End of 1978 (Legislation

between October 1977 and August 1978)

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