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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT 1895
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CHAPTER XXXVII.
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An Act to amend and extend the Law relating to Factories and Workshops.[1]
[6th July 1895.]
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[Whole Act except ss. 12, 24 (3), and 28, rep. 1 Edw. 7. c. 22. s. 161, sched. 7, Pt. I. Those excepted sections, printed below, are rep. 1 Edw. 7. c. 22. s. 161, sched. 7, Pt. II., as from date prescribed by Order of Secretary of State. No such date has (April 29, 1909) been so prescribed.]
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Representation of workmen on arbitration as to special rules.
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12. Where any matter in difference is referred to arbitration under section eight of [2]
the Act of 1891, the arbitrators or umpire may, on the application of any of the workmen employed in the class of employment to which the arbitration relates, and on such security, if any, as may appear to the arbitrators or umpire sufficient to provide for the costs of and consequential on the application, appoint any person to represent the workmen or any class of them, on the arbitration, and any person so appointed shall be entitled to attend and take part in the proceedings of the arbitration either in person or by his counsel, solicitor, or agent to such extent and in such manner as the arbitrators or umpire may direct, and shall be subject to the same liability with respect to such costs as aforesaid as if he were a party to the arbitration.
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Tenement factories.
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24.—(3) Sections eight to [3]
eleven of the Act of 1891, shall, if and as far as in the case of a tenement factory the Secretary of State by order so directs, apply as if the owner of the factory were substituted for the occupier.
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Special Restrictions as to Employment.
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Power to prohibit or restrict employment in dangerous trade.
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28.—(1) Section eight of the Act of 1891 shall extend to authorise the making of special rules or requirements prohibiting the employment of, or modifying or limiting the period of employment for, all or any classes of persons in any process or particular description of manual labour which is certified by the Secretary of State in pursuance of that section to be dangerous or injurious to health, or dangerous to life or limb. Provided that any special rules or requirements under this section which relate to the employment or period of employment of adult workers shall be laid for forty days before both Houses of Parliament before coming into operation.
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(2) Sections eight to twelve of [1]
the Act of 1891 are hereby declared to extend to workshops conducted on the system of not employing any child, young person, or woman therein.
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[1 The short title of this Act, given by s. 56, which is rep. 1 Edw. 7. c. 22. s. 161, was “The Factory and Workshop Act, 1895.”]
[2 S. 53 (1) of this Act, rep. 1 Edw. 7. c. 22. s. 161, provided that “the Act of 1891” means the Factory and Workshop Act, 1891.]
[3 S. 11 is rep. 1 Edw. 7. c. 22. s. 161.]
[1 See footnote 3, p. 759.] |
