Section 2.
SCHEDULE 2Amendments of Provisions of the [1961 c. 34.] Factories Act 1961 referring to Appointed Factory Doctor
| Provision amended and subject-matter thereof | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Section 82(3) (notification by factory occupier to the inspector for the district and the appointed factory doctor of cases of industrial diseases occurring in the factory). | For the words " the appointed factory doctor " there shall be substituted the words " the employment medical adviser in charge of the area in which the factory is situate ". |
| Section 119 (power of factory inspector to require cesser of employment of a young person in the absence of a certificate of an appointed factory doctor that he is fit). | After the words " the appointed factory doctor " there shall be inserted the words " or an employment medical adviser ". |
| Section 124(2) (power of the Secretary of State to direct that the Act shall apply to an institution subject to modifications). | For paragraph (b) (medical officer of the institution may be appointed to be the appointed factory doctor for the institution) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:— “(b)if there be a medical officer of the institution, any duties imposed by regulations or an order under this Act on an employment medical adviser that fall to be discharged in relation to the institution may, with the Secretary of State's permission, be discharged instead by the medical officer”. |
| Section 138(1) (posting of abstract of Act and notices at a factory's principal entrances). | For paragraph (c), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:— “(c)a notice of the address of the employment medical adviser in charge of the area in which the factory is situate”. |
| Section 141 (registers and records kept in pursuance of the Act to be preserved and kept available for inspection by a factory inspector or the appointed factory doctor). | For the words " the appointed factory doctor " there shall be substituted the words " an employment medical adviser ". |