Safety in Industry Act, 1980

Accommodation for taking meals, etc.

15.—(1) Where in any premises to which this section applies more than five persons are employed, accommodation shall be provided for boiling water and taking meals and such accommodation shall be both adequate and suitable.

(2) This section applies to premises which are—

(a) a factory, or

(b) premises described in section 83 (1) or 84 (1) of the Principal Act, or

(c) premises to which the provisions of the Principal Act mentioned in section 85 (1) thereof are by that section applied, or

(d) a dock, wharf, quay or warehouse mentioned in section 86 (1) of the Principal Act.

(3) Where two or more factories or premises of a class or description mentioned in subsection (2) of this section are—

(a) situate on the same parcel or contiguous parcels of land, and

(b) occupied by the same occupier, and

(c) used for or in connection with the same business,

the factories, premises, factory and premises or factories and premises, as the case may be, shall for the purposes of this section be regarded as being a single factory.