Factories (Preserving of Fruit) Regulations, 1973.
Statutory Instruments
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paragraphs: (1) These regulations may be cited as the Factories (Preserving of Fruit) Regulations, 1973.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1973.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
"the Act" means the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955);
"process" means any of the following processes, namely:
(a) the preparing and boiling of fruit for preservation,
(b) in relation to the preservation of fruit, the filling and finishing of vessels, the covering of filled vessels and the spinning on of tops on vessels, and
(c) any wet process used in the preservation of fruit.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall apply to every factory in which any process is carried on.
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paragraphs: The occupier of a factory to which these Regulations apply shall provide and maintain in good condition suitable protective clothing for the use of the persons therein employed in a process.
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paragraphs: (1) The occupier of a factory to which these Regulations apply shall provide and maintain, for the use of all persons therein employed in a process and remaining on the factory premises during the meal intervals, a suitable mess-room, which shall be furnished with (a) sufficient tables and chairs or benches with back rests, and (b) unless a canteen serving hot meals is provided in the factory for the use of those persons, adequate means for heating food and boiling water. The mess-room shall be sufficiently warmed for use during meal intervals.
(2) The mess-room shall be separate from the accommodation for clothing provided pursuant to section 54 of the Act and shall be placed under the charge of a responsible person and be kept clean.
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paragraphs: The accommodation for clothing provided pursuant to section 54 of the Act shall be placed under the charge of a responsible person and be kept clean.
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paragraphs: The following requisites shall be provided and maintained in the first-aid boxes to be provided and maintained under section 56 of the Act, namely:
(a) a sufficient supply of waterproof plastic wound dressings of a grade or quality not lower than the standards specified in the British Pharmaceutical Codex including any supplement thereto (being a supplement current at the date of commencement of these Regulations) or a standard approved by the Minister for the purposes of these Regulations. Each dressing shall be put up in an individual sealed pack marked clearly to indicate content, and
(b) a sufficient supply of waterproof plastic self-adhesive plaster of a grade or quality not lower than the standards specified in the British Pharmaceutical Codex including any such supplement thereto or a standard so approved.
The requirements of this regulation are in addition to, and not in substitution for, the requirements of the First-Aid in Factories Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 166 of 1956 ).
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paragraphs: The occupier of a factory to which these Regulations apply shall see that a cautionary notice as to the effects of the peeling of lemons and oranges on the skin, in the form set out in Schedule to these Regulations, is posted and kept posted in any part of the factory in which the peeling of lemons or oranges is carried on.
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paragraphs: The Order, dated August 15, 1919, made under section 7 (1) of the Police, Factories, etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1916, (S.R. & O. No. 1136 of 1919), for securing the Welfare of the Workers employed in Factories or parts of Factories in which the preserving of fruit is carried on, is hereby revoked.