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        Factories Act 1961 (c.34)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        Part I Health (General Provisions)
        1. Cleanliness.
        2. Overcrowding.
        3. Temperature.
        4. Ventilation.
        5. Lighting.
        6. Drainage of floors.
        7. Sanitary Conveniences.
        8. . . .
        9, 10. . . .
        10A. {- If an employment medical adviser is of opinion that there ought, on grounds mentioned in subs...}
        11. Power to require medical supervision.
        Part II Safety (General Provisions)
        12. Prime movers.
        13. Transmission machinery.
        14. Other machinery.
        15. Provisions as to unfenced machinery.
        16. Construction and maintenance of fencing.
        17. Construction and sale of machinery.
        18. Dangerous substances.
        19. Self-acting machines.
        20. Cleaning of machinery by young persons.
        21. Training and supervision of young persons working at dangerous machines.
        22. Hoists and lifts-general.
        23. Hoists and lifts used for carrying persons.
        24. Teagle openings and similar doorways.
        25. Exceptions and provisions supplementary to ss. 22-24.
        26. Chains, ropes and lifting tackle.
        27. Cranes and other lifting machines.
        28. Floors, passages and stairs.
        29. Safe means of access and safe place of employment.
        30. Dangerous fumes and lack of oxygen.
        31. Precautions with respect to explosive or inflammable dust, gas, vapour or substance.
        32. Steam boilers-attachments and construction.
        33. Steam boilers-maintenance, examination and use.
        34. Steam boilers-restrictions on entry.
        35. Steam receivers and steam containers.
        36. Air receivers.
        37. .
        38. .
        39. Precautions as respects water-sealed gasholders.
        40-52. . . .
        53-55. . . .
        56. Application of Part II to Scotland.
        Part III Welfare (General Provisions)
        57. Supply of drinking water.
        58. Washing facilities.
        59. Accommodation for clothing.
        60. Sitting facilities.
        61. . . .
        62. . . .
        Part IV Health, Safety and Welfare (Special Provisions and Regulations)
        Special provisions
        63, 64. . . .
        65. Protection of eyes in certain processes.
        66. . . .
        67. . . .
        68. Humid factories.
        69. Underground rooms.
        70, 71. . . .
        72. Lifting excessive weights.
        73. . . .
        74. Prohibition of employment of women and young persons in certain processes connected with lead manufacture.
        75. . . .
        76. . . .
        Supplementary provisions
        77, 78. . . .
        79. Restriction on approval of plans for cotton cloth factories.
        Part V Notification and Investigation of Accidents and Industrial Diseases
        80. . . .
        81. . . .
        82. . . .
        83. . . .
        84. . . .
        85. . . .
        Part VI Employment of Women and Young Persons
        86-94. . . .
        95. . . .
        96-109. . . .
        110-111. . . .
        112-116. . . .
        Exemptions in interest of efficiency of industry or transport
        117. Exemptions from provisions regulating hours of employment.
        Certificate of fitness for employment of young persons
        118. . . .
        119. Power of inspector to require certificate of fitness for work.
        119A. Duty of factory occupier to give notice of employment of a young person.
        Part VII Special Applications and Extensions
        Factories occupying parts of buildings
        120. . . .
        121. Tenement factories-other provisions.
        122. Parts of buildings let off as separate factories-other provisions.
        Electrical stations
        123. Application of Act to electrical stations.
        Institutions
        124. Institutions.
        Docks, wharves, quays, warehouses and ships
        125. Docks, etc.
        126. Ships.
        Works of building and engineering construction
        127. Building operations and works of engineering construction.
        Lead processes carried on in places other than factories
        128. Employment of women and young persons in places other than factories in processes connected with lead manufacture or involving the use of lead compounds.
        129. . . .
        130. . . .
        131. Prohibition of employment of women and young persons in painting buildings with lead paint.
        132. Provisions supplementary to ss. 129-131.
        Part VIII Home Work
        133. Lists of outworkers to be kept in certain trades.
        134. . . .
        Part IX
        135-135A. . . .
        136. . . .
        Part X Notices, Returns, Records, Duties of Persons Employed, and Application of Weights and Measures Acts
        137 Notice of occupation of factory, and use of mechanical power.
        138. Posting of abstract of Act and notices.
        139. Provisions as to special regulations.
        140. General registers.
        141. Preservation of registers and records.
        142. . . .
        143. . . .
        144. . . .
        Part XI Administration
        145. . . .
        146, 147. . . .
        148. . . .
        149, 150. . . .
        151, 152. . . .
        153. Provisions as to county and district councils.
        154. Prohibition of disclosure of information
        154A. Exception to the prohibition: public authorities
        Part XII Offences, Penalties and Legal Proceedings
        155. Offences.
        156. Fines for offences for which no express penalty provided.
        157. Power of court to order cause of contravention to be remedied.
        158. Fine for offence by parent.
        159. . . .
        160. Penalty on person actually committing an offence for which other person is primarily liable.
        161. Power of person primarily liable to exempt himself from liability.
        162. Proceedings against persons not primarily liable.
        163. Owner of machine liable in certain cases instead of occupier.
        164. Prosecution of offences and application of fines.
        165. . . .
        166. Special provisions as to evidence.
        167. Proceedings for offences in respect of the employment of children.
        168. Service of documents, etc.
        169. Power of county court or sheriff to modify agreements.
        170. Power of county court or sheriff to apportion expenses.
        171. Application of the Arbitration Act 1996.
        Part XIII Application of Act
        172. General application.
        173. Application to Crown.
        174. - In section one hundred and eighty-four of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954 (which relates to
        Part XIV Interpretation and General
        Interpretation
        175. Interpretation of expression "factory".
        176. General interpretation
        General
        177. . . .
        178. Certificates of birth. (E+W)
        178. Certificates of birth. (S)
        179. . . .
        180. Regulations, rules and orders.
        181. Substitution of corresponding provisions for certain provisions of Factory and Workshop Act 1901.
        182. General application to Scotland.
        183. Transitional provisions and repeals.
        184. Construction of references in other enactments to factories and workshops, etc. and exclusion of certain provisions of Public Health (London) Act 1936.
        185. Short title, commencement and extent.
        Schedules
        FIRST SCHEDULE
        SECOND SCHEDULE . . .
        THIRD AND FOURTH SCHEDULES . . .
        FIFTH SCHEDULES Provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act 1901 applicable in London and Scotland only . . .
        SIXTH SCHEDULE Transitional Provisions
        SEVENTH SCHEDULE . . .

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