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Regulation 3(1)

SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS TO THE FACTORIES ACT 1961

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Provision to be amendedSubject-matter of measurementPresent measurementMeasurement to be substituted
The Factories Act 1961
Section 2(2)Minimum amount of cubic space per person employed in a workroomFour hundred cubic feet11 cubic metres
Section 2(5)Maximum height from floor to be taken into account when calculating cubic spaceFourteen feet4.2 metres
Section 3(2)Minimum temperature of workroom after the first hourSixty degrees16 degrees Celsius
Section 18(1)Minimum height of edge of fixed vessel, structure, sump or pit containing scalding, corrosive or poisonous liquid which need not be covered or fencedThree feet920 millimetres
Minimum height of secure fencing to surround the vessel, structure, sump or pit etc.Three feet920 millimetres
Section 18(2)(a)Minimum width of ladder, stair or gangway placed above, across or inside any vessel, structure, sump etc.Eighteen inches460 millimetres
Section 18(2)(b)Minimum height of fencing on either side of ladder, stair or gangwayThree feet920 millimetres
Section 18(3)Passage between adjoining vessels etc to be barred unless there is
(a) minimum space between vessels orEighteen inches460 millimetres
(b) minimum height of secure fencingThree feet920 millimetres
Section 19(1)Minimum distance between traversing carriage of any self-acting spinning mule and any part of the head stock of another such machineTwelve inches310 millimetres
Section 26(1)(f)Maximum thickness of chains or slings to be annealed every six monthsHalf-inch13 millimetres
Section 27(7)Minimum distance between over-head travelling crane and person working on or near its wheel trackTwenty feet6 metres
Section 29(2)Distance which person will be liable to fallSix feet six inches2 metres
Section 30(2)Minimum length of manhole (if rectangular or oval) in any chamber, tank, vat etc.Eighteen inches460 millimetres
Minimum width of manhole (if rectangular or oval)Sixteen inches410 millimetres
Minimum diameter of manhole (if circular)Eighteen inches460 millimetres
Minimum length of manhole (if rectangular or oval) in any tank wagon and other mobile plantSixteen inches410 millimetres
Minimum width of manhole (if rectangular or oval)Fourteen inches360 millimetres
Minimum diameter of manhole (if circular)Sixteen inches410 millimetres
Section 39(7)Storage capacity of water-sealed gasholderFive thousand cubic feet140 cubic metres
Section 68(4)Wet bulb temperature reading above which artificial humidification is prohibitedSeventy two and a half degrees22.5 degrees Celsius
Wet bulb temperature reading above which artificial humidification is prohibited when spinning cotton or spinning merino or cashmere by the French or dry process or spinning or combing wool by that processEighty degrees26.5 degrees Celsius
Section 68(6)Temperature of water absorbing oxygen from permanganate of potash solutionSixty degrees16 degrees Celsius
Ratio of water to oxygen absorbedHalf a grain per gallon of water7 milligrams per litre of water
Section 68(8)Minimum difference in readings of the wet and dry bulb thermometersFour degrees2 degrees Celsius
Section 175(2)(n)Storage capacity of gasholderFive thousand cubic feet140 cubic metres