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| Flax and Tow Spinning and Weaving Regulations 1906(1) | |||
| Definitions | Degrees | Fahrenheit | Celsius |
| Regulation 3 | Minimum temperature of room where hand-hackling, roughing or machine-hackling carried on | 50 degrees | 10 degrees |
| Minimum temperature of room where sorting, carding or preparing is carried on | 55 degrees | 13 degrees | |
| Temperature of direct draught below which no person should be exposed | 50 degrees | 10 degrees | |
| Regulation 5 | Minimum difference between wet and dry bulb thermometer readings | 2 degrees | 1 degree |
| Regulation 6 | Temperature of water absorbing oxygen from potassium permanganate solution | 60 degrees | 16 degrees |
| Maximum amount of oxygen absorbed by water used for humidification | 0.5 grain of oxygen per gallon | 7 milligrams of oxygen per litre | |
| Regulation 8 | Temperature in rooms into which steam is introduced | 70 degrees | 21 degrees |
| Regulation 9 | Pitch of wet-spinning frames required to have splash guards | 2¾ inches | 70 millimetres |
| Regulation 11 | Minimum difference between wet and dry bulb thermometer readings | 4 degrees | 2 degrees |
| Paints and Colours Regulations 1907(2) | |||
| Application, paragraph (2) | Minimum weight of parcels or kegs above which the prohibition on women’s employment applies | 14 lbs | 6 kilograms |
| Hemp Spinning and Weaving Regulation 1907(3) | |||
| Definitions | Degrees | Fahrenheit | Celsius |
| Regulation 4 | Minimum temperature of room where machine-hackling is carried on | 50 degrees | 10 degrees |
| Minimum temperature of room where carding or preparing is carried on | 55 degrees | 13 degrees | |
| Regulation 5 | Temperature of direct draught below which no person should be exposed | 50 degrees | 10 degrees |
| Herring Curing (Norfolk and Suffolk) Welfare Order 1920(4) | |||
| Article 1 | Maximum walking distance from factory to workshop in certain areas (exemption from requirement to provide a messroom) | 400 yards | 400 metres |
| Article 4 | Maximum distance of cloakroom and washing facilities from factory or workshop | 250 yards | 250 metres |
| The Celluloid (Manufacture Etc.) Regulations 1921(5) | |||
| Regulation 1(i) | Maximum quantity of celluloid not kept in fire-resisting chamber | one hundredweight | 50 kilograms |
| Maximum quantity of celluloid indicated on notice on storeroom door | one hundredweight | 50 kilograms | |
| The Manufacture of Cinematograph Film Regulations 1928(6) | |||
| Definitions | |||
| “Fire-resisting material” | (a)Minimum thickness of brickwork; | four and one-half inches | 100 millimetres |
(b)Minimum thickness of concrete; | three inches | 75 millimetres | |
(c)Minimum thickness of breeze slabbing; | three inches | 75 millimetres | |
(d)Minimum thickness of oak or teak; | two inches | 50 millimetres | |
(e)Minimum thickness of glass. | one quarter of an inch | 6 millimetres | |
| “Storeroom” | Maximum quantity of film allowed | eighty pounds | 37 kilograms |
| Regulation 2 | Quantity of cinematograph film allowed in any room | eighty pounds | 37 kilograms |
| Regulation 8(a) | Minimum and maximum areas of gas relief space in storerooms | 70 square inches 90 square inches | 200 square centimetres 260 square centimetres |
| For each weight of film | 500 pounds | 100 kilograms | |
| Regulation 9(b)(ii) | Maximum quantity of cinematograph film in storeroom | one ton | 1 tonne |
| Horizontal Milling Machines Regulations 1928(7) | |||
| Exemptions | Regulation 3 does not apply to milling cutters used on: | ||
| 2½ inches | 65 millimetres | |
| 2 inches | 50 millimetres | |
| Cotton Cloth Factories Regulations 1929(8) | |||
| Definitions | Degrees | Fahrenheit | Celsius |
| Regulation 1(a) | Wet bulb hygrometer reading above which artificial humidification is prohibited | 72½ degrees | 22.5 degrees |
| Regulation 1 | Average wet bulb reading above which work is to cease | 80 degrees | 27 degrees |
| Average wet bulb reading at which work may resume | 80 degrees | 27 degrees | |
| Regulation 2 | Temperature of water absorbing oxygen from potassium permanganate solution | 60 degrees | 16 degrees |
| Maximum amount of oxygen absorbed by water used for humidification | 0.5 grain of oxygen per gallon | 7 milligrams of oxygen per litre | |
| Regulation 5 | Minimum temperature in weaving shed during first half hour of working day | 50 degrees | 10 degrees |
| Minimum temperature in weaving shed for the working day after first half hour | 55 degrees | 13 degrees | |
| Temperature of draught below which no person should be exposed | 50 degrees | 10 degrees | |
| Regulation 6(a) | Maximum diameter of steam pipes | two inches | 50 millimetres bore |
| Maximum diameter of steam pipes installed after 1 April 1912 | one inch | 25 millimetres bore | |
| Regulation 6(d) | Minimum thickness of insulator between hangers and steam pipes | Half an inch | 13 millimetres |
| Regulation 6(e) | Maximum projection of uncovered jet from steam pipe beyond outer surface of covering | 4½ inches | 115 millimetres |
| Regulation 6(f) | Maximum steam pressure | 70 lbs per square inch | 4.8 bar |
| Regulation 7(a) | Minimum average height of shed | 14½ feet | 4.4 metres |
| Minimum height of valley-gutters from floor | 12 feet | 3.6 metres | |
| Regulation 7(d) | Minimum width of alley-way separating boiler house and engine room from shed | 6 feet | 2 metres |
| Regulation 7(e) | Minimum horizontal distance between any boiler flue and wall of shed | 6 feet | 2 metres |
| Regulation 9 | Minimum distance of roof ventilator intakes above ridges | three feet | 920 millimetres |
| Average of wet bulb readings between 11 am and 12 noon and between 4 and 5 pm above which all available means of natural ventilation should be kept in full operation | 72½ degrees | 22.5 degrees | |
| Regulation 10 | Minimum horizontal distance between clothes pegs in cloak room | eighteen inches | 460 millimetres |
| Minimum distance of clothes pegs from wall or pillar | Half an inch | 13 millimetres | |
| Oil Cake Welfare Order 1929(9) | |||
| Article 6 | Temperature of bath water | 100 degrees Farenheit | 38 degrees Celsius |
| Petroleum-Spirit (Motor Vehicles etc) Regulations 1929(10) | |||
| Regulation 5(d)(ii) | Maximum capacity of each of two storage vessels | two gallons | 10 litres |
| Regulation 6 | Maximum quantity of petroleum-spirit in a storage place | sixty gallons | 275 litres |
| Regulation 6(b) | Maximum distance between two storage places in the occupation of the same occupier deemed one storage place | Twenty feet | 6 metres |
| Regulation 7(1) | Maximum capacity of storage vessel | two gallons | 10 litres |
| Regulation 7(1)(a) | Minimum distance of storage place from any building, highway or public footpath | Twenty feet | 6 metres |
| Regulation 7(2) | Capacity of storage vessel above which occupier should notify the local authority | two gallons | 10 litres |
| Regulation 8(1) | Minimum distance of storage place from any building, stack of timber or other inflammable substance before notification is required | Twenty feet | 6 metres |
| Regulation 8(1)(b) | Maximum capacity of each of two storage vessels on motor vehicle, motorboat, hovercraft or aircraft | two gallons | 10 litres |
| Regulation 11(b) | Maximum quantity of petroleum-spirit for use in cleaning or as a solvent for repair purposes | one gill | 150 millilitres |
| Regulation 13(b) | Increase in the maximum quantity of petroleum-spirit in a storage place in connection with making or repair of roads | sixty gallons thirty gallons | 275 litres 140 litres |
| Regulation 13(d) | Maximum capacity of any storage vessel in connection with making or repair of roads | two gallons | 10 litres |
| Regulation 13(g) | Minimum distance of iron locker for containing storage vessels from any means of exit from a theatre, music hall, cinema or other place of public entertainment or from a hospital | fifty feet | 15 metres |
| Minimum distance of iron locker from any means of exit from any other place where persons assemble for any purpose, or from a dwelling house | fifteen feet | 5 metres | |
| Regulation 13(h) | Minimum distance from iron locker of any fire or artificial light liable to ignite flammable vapour | Twenty feet | 6 metres |
| The Petroleum (Carbide of Calcium) Order 1929(11) | |||
| Article 2(i) | Maximum quantity of carbide of calcium which may be kept without a licence so long as it is kept in separate hermetically closed metal vessels | 5 lbs | 2.5 kilograms |
| Maximum quantity to be kept in each hermetically closed metal vessel | 1 lb | 500 grams | |
| Article 2(ii) | Maximum quantity of carbide of calcium which may be kept without a licence so long as it is kept in accordance with the conditions in articles 2(ii)(a)-(e) | 28 lbs | 13 kilograms |
| Petroleum (Mixtures) Order 1929(12) | |||
| Article 2 | Maximum quantity of non-liquid mixtures of petroleum which may be kept without a licence so long as it is enclosed in hermetically sealed packages or vessels | 30 lbs | 15 kilograms |
| Maximum quantity to be kept in each hermetically sealed package or vessel | 1 lb | 500 grams | |
| Article 4 | Substitution of units of mass for units of volume for solid mixtures of petroleum | gallons ten pounds one gallon one and a quarter pounds one pint | litres 5 kilograms 5 litres 570 grams 570 millilitres |
| Cinematograph Film Stripping Regulations 1939(13) | |||
| Definitions | |||
| “Fire-resisting material” | (a)Minimum thickness of brickwork; | four and one-half inches | 100 millimetres |
(b)Minimum thickness of concrete; | three inches | 75 millimetres | |
(c)Minimum thickness of breeze slabbing; | three inches | 75 millimetres | |
(d)Minimum thickness of oak or teak; | two inches | 50 millimetres | |
(e)Minimum thickness of glass | one quarter of an inch | 6 millimetres | |
| Part I | |||
| Regulation 2 | Maximum quantity of cinematograph film in room other than storeroom | 100 pounds | 45 kilograms |
| Regulation 9(d) | Maximum temperature in drying enclosure | 100° Fahrenheit | 38 degrees Celsius |
| Regulation 10(a)(i) | Minimum distance between storeroom and buildings where persons are regularly present | 20 feet | 6 metres |
| Regulation 10(a)(vi) | Minimum height of wall above the roof between adjacent storerooms | 3 feet | 920 millimetres |
| Regulation 10(b)(ii) | Maximum quantity of cinematograph film in storeroom | one ton | 1 tonne |
| Regulation 11(a) | Ratio of gas relief space to space in storeroom | one square foot fifty cubic feet | 1 square metre 15 cubic metres |
| The Magnesium (Grinding of Castings and Other Articles) Special Regulations 1946(14) | |||
| Regulation 7(d) | Maximum horizontal distance that dust-laden air should travel before being drenched with water | ten feet | 3 metres |
| Regulation 11(1) | Minimum distance from buildings where dust sludge or scale from scrubber can be disposed of by: | ||
| 100 feet | 30 metres | |
| 100 feet | 30 metres | |
| Regulation 13(a) | Distance from certain processes below which smoking, open lights and fires are prohibited | twenty feet | 6 metres |
| Clay Works (Welfare) Special Regulations 1948(15) | |||
| Regulation 4(1)(c) | Maximum intervals between warm water supply points above troughs | two feet | 600 millimetres |
| Regulation 4(2)(a) | Meaning of “unit” (of washing facilities): | ||
| length of trough | two feet | 600 millimetres | |
| circumference of circular or oval trough | two feet | 600 millimetres | |
| Regulation 4(2)(d) | Minimum internal length or width of trough | four feet | 1.2 metres |
| The Jute (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations 1948(16) | |||
| Regulation 14(a) | Minimum temperature deemed reasonable where the only work done is opening of bales, or the batching or softening of jute | 55 degrees | 13 degrees Celsius |
| Regulation 14(b) | Minimum temperature deemed reasonable where other work is done | 60 degrees | 16 degrees Celsius |
| Regulation 16(1)(a) | Minimum width of alleyway separating engine-room, boiler-house and boiler flue from workroom | six feet | 2 metres |
| Regulation 16(1)(b) | Minimum ventilated space separating workroom from boiler flue passing underneath | six feet | 2 metres |
| Regulation 17(5) | Temperature of water absorbing oxygen from permanganate of potash solution | sixty degrees | 16 degrees Celsius |
| Maximum amount of oxygen absorbed by water used for humidification | Half a grain of oxygen per gallon | 7 milligrams of oxygen per litre | |
| Regulation 18(1)(i) | Wet bulb thermometer reading above which artificial humidification is prohibited | seventy-two and a half degrees | 22.5 degrees Celsius |
| Regulation 18(1)(ii) | Minimum difference between the wet bulb and dry bulb thermometer readings during artificial humidification | four degrees | 2 degrees Celsius |
| Regulation 18(2) | Wet bulb reading at which all means of ventilation and reducing temperature are to be put into operation | seventy-five degrees | 24 degrees Celsius |
| Wet bulb reading to be reached by the above means | seventy-two and a half degrees | 22.5 degrees Celsius | |
| Regulation 22(1)(c) | Maximum interval between water supply points above troughs | two feet | 600 millimetres |
| Regulation 22(1)(d) | Meaning of “unit” (of washing facilities): | ||
| length of trough | two feet | 600 millimetres | |
| circumference of circular or oval trough | two feet | 600 millimetres | |
| Schedule 1 | |||
| Requirement (a) for opening machines | Minimum length of feed table or feed band at opening machines | 4 feet 6 inches | 1.35 metres |
| Height from the floor to which guards for table or band should extend | 4 feet 6 inches | 1.35 metres | |
| Distance which guard should extend from the vertical plane in which the nip of the roller lies | 2 feet | 600 millimetres | |
| Requirement (c) for softening machines | Minimum length of feed table in front of first pair of rollers on softening machines | 6 feet | 1.80 metres |
| Height from floor to which guards for feed table should extend | 4 feet 6 inches | 1.35 metres | |
| Distance which guard should extend from vertical plane in which axis of the roller lies | 3 feet 6 inches | 1.05 metres | |
| Requirement (a) for carding and teasing machines | Maximum distance from floor to underside of guard enclosing side gearing of carding and teasing machines | 8 inches | 200 millimetres |
| Requirement (c) for carding and teasing machines | Maximum space between bars or rods of guard on doffing roller | 1½ inches | 38 millimetres |
| Minimum distance from doffer pin points to underside of rods or bars | 4 inches | 100 millimetres | |
| Maximum space between drawing pressing roller and first rod | 2 inches | 50 millimetres | |
| Minimum distance between outermost bars or rods measured over periphery of guard | 12 inches | 300 millimetres | |
| Requirement (e) for carding and teasing machines | Maximum distance between lowest cross-member of underframe and floor | 8 inches | 200 millimetres |
| Maximum space between bars or rods covering openings above lowest cross-member | 6 inches | 150 millimetres | |
| Requirement for cop winding machines | Maximum width of slots in fencing for pedal levers in cop winding machines of “cop above cone” type | 1 inch | 25 millimetres |
| Requirement (c) for dressing machines, cylinder and box or store type | Minimum space between any yarn guide roller and its adjacent steam cylinder on cylinder type dressing machines | 3 inches | 75 millimetres |
| Requirement for looms | Maximum clearance between guard and shuttle when shuttle is placed on fell of cloth with loom crank shaft on top centre | ½ inch | 13 millimetres |
| The Agriculture (Lifting of Heavy Weights) Regulations 1959(17) | |||
| Regulation 3 | Maximum weight of a sack or bag permitted to be lifted or carried by a worker unaided | 180 lb | 80 kilograms |
| Factories (Cleanliness of Walls and Ceilings) Order 1960(18) | |||
| The Schedule | |||
| Paragraph 9(d) | Height above which parts of rooms, passages and staircases are exempt | twenty feet | 6 metres |
| Gas safety Regulations 1972(19) | |||
| Regulation 5(a) | Internal diameter of service pipe | 2 inches | 50 millimetres |
| Regulation 10(d) | Minimum fall of pipe | one inch in ten feet | 25 millimetres in 3 metres |
S.R. & O. 1906/177, amended by S.I. 1988/1657.
S.R. & O. 1907/17, amended by S.I. 1973/36 and S.I. 1980/1248.
S.R. & O. 1907/660, amended by S.I. 1988/1657.
S.R. & O. 1920/1622.
S.R. & O. 1921/1825, amended by S.I. 1928/82.
S.R. & O. 1928/82, amended by S.I. 1989/635.
S.R. & O. 1929/300.
S.R. & O. 1929/534, amended by S.I. 1951/926.
S.R. & O. 1929/952, amended by S.I. 1979/427 and S.I. 1982/630.
S.R. & O. 1929/992.
S.R. & O. 1929/993.
S.R. & O. 1939/571, amended by S.I. 1989/635.
S.R. & O. 1946/2107.
S.I. 1948/1696, amended by S.I. 1988/1657.
S.I. 1960/1794, amended by S.I. 1974/427.
S.I. 1972/1178; these Regulations have effect as if made under section 15 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) by virtue of Schedule 8, paragraph 6 of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44).
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