Safety in Industry Act, 1980

SCHEDULE

Amendment of Principal Act (Metric Conversion or Provision of Metric Equivalents for Certain Imperial and other Measurements)

Section 47 .

The Principal Act shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Schedule:

1. In both subsections (2) and (4) of section 11 “11·3 cubic metres (400 cubic feet)” is hereby substituted for “four hundred cubic feet”.

2. In section 11 (4) “7·1 cubic metres (250 cubic feet)” is hereby substituted for “two hundred and fifty cubic feet”.

3. In section 11 (7) “4·27 metres (14 feet)” is hereby substituted for “fourteen feet”.

4. In section 12 (2) “15·56 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit)” is hereby substituted for “sixty degrees”.

5. In section 30 (1) “457·2 millimetres (18 inches)” is hereby substituted for “eighteen inches”.

6. In section 30 (2) “304·8 millimetres (12 inches)” is hereby substituted for “twelve inches”.

7. In paragraph (f) of section 34 (1) “12·7 millimetres (½ inch)” is hereby substituted for “half-inch”.

8. In section 35 (7) “6·096 metres (20 feet)” is hereby substituted for “twenty feet”.

9. In section 40 (1) (a) (iv) “2·7 Bars (40 lbs per square inch)” is hereby substituted for “forty pounds per square inch”.

10. In section 44 (7) “141·58 cubic metres (5,000 cubic feet)” is hereby substituted for “five thousand cubic feet”.

11. In both subsection (18) (c) and subsection (19) (a) of section 45 “6·096 metres (20 feet)” is hereby substituted for “twenty feet”.

12. In section 63 (2) (b) “22·5 degrees Celsius (72½ degrees Fahrenheit)” and “26·7 degrees Celsius (80 degrees Fahrenheit)” are hereby substituted for “seventy-two and a half degrees” and “eighty degrees”, respectively.

13. In section 63 (2) (d) “15·56 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit)” and “·11 grams of oxygen per litre (half a gram of oxygen per gallon)” are hereby substituted for “sixty degrees” and “half a gram of oxygen per gallon”, respectively.

14. In section 63 (4) “2.2 degrees Celsius (4 degrees Fahrenheit)” is hereby substituted for “four degrees”.

15. In the definition of “basement bakehouse” contained in section 65 (4) “914·4 millimetres (3 feet)” is hereby substituted for “three feet”.

16. The following entry is hereby substituted for the entry contained in the Second Schedule:

“TABLE OF HUMIDITY

Dry Bulb

Wet Bulb

Thermometer Readings

Thermometer Readings

Degrees Fahrenheit

Degrees Celsius

Degrees Fahrenheit

Degrees Celsius

50

10.0

48

8.9

51

10.6

49

9.4

52

11.1

50

10.0

53

11.7

51

10.6

54

12.2

52

11.1

55

12.8

53

11.7

56

13.3

54

12.2

57

13.9

55

12.8

58

14.4

56

13.3

59

15.0

57

13.9

60

15.6

58

14.4

61

16.1

59

15.0

62

16.7

60

15.6

63

17.2

61

16.1

64

17.8

62

16.7

65

18.3

63

17.2

66

18.9

64

17.8

67

19.4

65

18.3

68

20.0

66

18.9

69

20.6

67

19.4

70

21.1

68

20.0

71

21.7

68.5

20.3

72

22.2

69

20.6

73

22.8

70

21.1

74

23.3

70.5

21.4

75

23.9

71.5

21.9

76

24.4

72

22.2

77

25.0

73

22.8

78

25.6

73.5

23.1

79

26.1

74.5

23.6

80

26.7

75.5

24.2

81

27.2

76

24.4

82

27.8

76.5

24.7

83

28.3

77.5

25.3

84

28.9

78

25.6

85

29.4

79

26.1

86

30.0

80

26.7


Acts Referred to

Factories Act, 1955

1955, No. 10

Nuclear Energy (An Bord Fuinnimh Núicléigh) Act, 1971

1971, No. 12

Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851

1851, c. 93

School Attendance Act, 1926

1926, No. 17