Safety in Industry Act, 1980
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Interpretation. |
2.—In this Act— | |
“the Acts” means the Safety in Industry Acts, 1955 and 1980; | ||
“approved” means approved for the time being by the Minister; | ||
“functions” includes powers and duties; | ||
“lifting tackle” includes clamps and similar attachments, chain slings, rope slings, rings, hooks, shackles, swivels, spreader beams and spreader frames; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Labour; | ||
“plant” includes any electrical or other appliance or equipment (or any part thereof) or any other machine or machinery (or any part thereof), whether driven by mechanical power or not, including in particular a hoist, lift, lifting tackle, steam or other boiler, steam receiver, air receiver, transmission machinery or lifting machine; | ||
“the Principal Act” means the Factories Act, 1955 ; | ||
“prohibition notice” has the meaning assigned to it by section 11 (2); | ||
“safety committee” has the meaning assigned to it by section 36 (1); | ||
“safety delegate” has the meaning assigned to it by section 36 (4) (b); | ||
“safety officer” means a person who for the time being stands appointed under regulations made under section 57 or 71 of the Principal Act to be a safety officer; | ||
“safety representative” has the meaning assigned to it by section 35 (1); | ||
“specified premises” means— | ||
(a) premises described in section 83 (1) or 84 (1) of the Principal Act, | ||
(b) premises to which the provisions of the Principal Act mentioned in section 85 (1) thereof are by that section applied, | ||
(c) a dock, wharf, quay or warehouse mentioned in section 86 (1) of the Principal Act or a line or siding mentioned in the said section 86 (1) or in section 88 (1) or 89 (1) of the Principal Act, | ||
(d) a dock, harbour or canal in which there is for the time being a ship which is being loaded, unloaded, coaled or otherwise bunkered, | ||
(e) any place where building operations described in section 88 (1) of the Principal Act or works of engineering construction described in section 89 (1) of that Act are being carried on. |