Safety in Industry Act, 1980
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PART IV Miscellaneous Amendments of Principal Act | ||
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Amendment of sections 2 and 3 of Principal Act. |
40.—(1) Section 2 (1) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the substitution in the definition of “work of engineering construction” for “include such other works as may be prescribed” of— | ||
“include— | ||
(a) except where carried out in the course of a building operation or on a railway or tramway: | ||
(i) the construction, structural alteration or the repair (including re-pointing and re-painting) or demolition of any of the following: | ||
(A) a steel or reinforced concrete structure or a similar structure, | ||
(B) a road, | ||
(C) an airfield, | ||
(D) any sea defence works or river works, | ||
(E) any other works which are similar to any of the foregoing, | ||
(ii) the construction (whether by laying or otherwise), the structural alteration, the repair (including re-painting) or the demolition of, | ||
(A) a pipe-line for conveying any solid, liquid or gas, | ||
(B) an underground electricity or telecommunications cable system, | ||
(b) such other works as may be prescribed, other than works carried out in a factory or on premises to which this Act applies by virtue of section 83 (1)”; | ||
(b) the substitution for the definition of “young person” of “‘young person’ means a person whose age is less than eighteen years and who has reached the age at which the School Attendance Act, 1926 , ceases to apply;”; | ||
and the said definition of “work of engineering construction”, as amended by paragraph (a) of this subsection is set out in the Table to this section. | ||
(2) Section 3 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (9): | ||
“(10) Premises belonging to or in the occupation of An Chomhairle Oiliúna shall not be regarded as not being a factory for the purposes of this Act either by reason only that they so belong or are so occupied or by reason only that the work carried on thereat is not carried on by way of trade or for purposes of gain.”. | ||
TABLE | ||
“work of engineering construction” means the construction of any railway line or siding otherwise than upon an existing railway, and the construction, structural alteration or repair (including re-pointing and re-painting) or the demolition of any dock, harbour, inland navigation, tunnel, bridge, viaduct, waterworks, reservoir, pipe-line, aqueduct, sewer, sewage works or gasholder, except where carried on upon a railway or tramway, and shall include— | ||
(a) except where carried out in the course of a building operation or on a railway or tramway: | ||
(i) the construction, structural alteration or the repair (including re-pointing and re-painting) or demolition of any of the following: | ||
(A) a steel or reinforced concrete structure or a similar structure, | ||
(B) a road, | ||
(C) an airfield, | ||
(D) any sea defence works or river works, | ||
(E) any other works which are similar to any of the foregoing, | ||
(ii) the construction (whether by laying or otherwise), the structural alteration, the repair (including re-painting) or the demolition of, | ||
(A) a pipe-line for conveying any solid, liquid or gas, | ||
(B) an underground electricity or telecommunications cable system, | ||
(b) such other works as may be prescribed, other than works carried out in a factory or on premises to which this Act applies by virtue of section 83 (1). |