EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order makes to the instruments under the Factories Act 1961 which are specified in the Schedule thereto amendments which are necessary or expedient in consequence of the Employment Medical Advisory Service Act 1972.
The Order provides that medical examinations of persons employed and related functions under the instruments specified shall be performed by fully registered medical practitioners appointed in accordance with the provisions of the 1972 Act.
The Order also changes the procedure by which the employment of any person in certain processes mentioned in the said instruments may be prohibited where the doctor examining that person is of opinion that the continued employment of that person in that process would involve special danger to his health.