Factories Act 1937
Factories Act 1937 (1937 c. 67)
- Factories Act 1937 (1937 c. 67)
- PART I Health (General Provisions).
- 1 Cleanliness.
- 2 Overcrowding.
- 3 Temperature.
- 4 Ventilation.
- 5 Lighting.
- 6 Drainage of floors.
- 7 Sanitary conveniences.
- 8 Enforcement by district councils of certain provisions of Part I.
- 9 Powers of inspector as to sanitary defects remediable by district council.
- 10 Powers in case of default of a district council.
- 11 Power to require medical supervision.
- PART II Safety (General Provisions).
- 12 Prime movers.
- 13 Transmission machinery.
- 14 Other machinery.
- 15 Provisions as to unfenced machinery.
- 16 Construction and maintenance of fencing.
- 17 Construction and sale of new machinery.
- 18 Vessels containing dangerous liquids.
- 19 Self-acting machines.
- 20 Cleaning of machinery by women and young persons.
- 21 Training and supervision of young persons working at dangerous machines.
- 22 Hoists and lifts.
- 23 Chains, ropes and lifting tackle.
- 24 Cranes and other lifting machines.
- 25 Construction and maintenance of floors, passages and stairs.
- 26 Safe means of access and safe place of employment.
- 27 Precautions in places where dangerous fumes are liable to be present.
- 28 Precautions with respect to explosive or inflammable dust, gas, vapour or substance.
- 29 Steam boilers.
- 30 Steam receivers and steam containers.
- 31 Air receivers.
- 32 Exceptions as to steam boilers, steam receivers and containers, and air receivers.
- 33 Precautions as respects water-sealed gasholders.
- 34 Means of escape in case of fire.
- 35 Regulations and byelaws as to means of escape in case of fire.
- 36 Safety provisions in case of fire.
- 37 Instruction as to use of means of escape in case of fire.
- 38 Power of Secretary of State to require special safety arrangements for the prevention of accidents.
- 39 Power of court of summary jurisdiction to make orders as to dangerous conditions and practices.
- 40 Power of court of summary jurisdiction to make orders as to dangerous factory.
- PART III Welfare (General Provisions).
- 41 Supply of drinking water.
- 42 Washing facilities.
- 43 Accommodation for clothing.
- 44 Facilities for sitting.
- 45 First-aid.
- 46 Welfare regulations.
- PART IV Health, Safety and Welfare (Special Provisions and Regulations).
- Special Provisions.
- 47 Removal of dust or fumes.
- 48 Meals in certain dangerous trades.
- 49 Protection of eyes in certain processes.
- 50 Shuttle threading by mouth suction.
- 51 Prohibition of use of white phosphorus in manufacture of matches.
- 52 Humid factories.
- 53 Underground rooms.
- 54 Basement bakehouses.
- 55 Laundries.
- 56 Lifting excessive weights.
- 57 Prohibition of employment of female young persons where certain processes are carried on.
- 58 Prohibition of employment of women and young persons in certain processes connected with lead manufacture.
- 59 Provisions as to employment of women and young persons in processes involving use of lead compounds.
- Special Regulations for Safety and Health.
- 60 Power to make special regulations for safety and health.
- Supplementary Provisions.
- 61 Prohibition of importation and sale of articles made with prohibited materials.
- 62 Power to take samples.
- 63 Certificates required before approval of building plans relating to cotton cloth factories.
- PART V Notification and Investigation of Accidents and Industrial Diseases.
- 64 Notification of accidents.
- 65 Power to extend to dangerous occurrences provisions as to notice of accidents.
- 66 Notification of industrial diseases.
- 67 Inquest in case of death by accident or industrial disease.
- 68 Power to direct formal investigation of accidents and cases of disease.
- 69 Duty of examining surgeon to investigate and report in certain cases.
- PART VI Employment of Women and Young Persons.
- Hours and Holidays.
- 70 General conditions as to hours of employment of women and young persons.
- 71 Reduction of weekly hours of work of young persons under sixteen.
- 72 Notice fixing hours of employment.
- 73 Overtime employment of women and young persons over sixteen.
- 74 Supplementary provisions as to overtime.
- 75 Restriction of employment inside and outside factory on same day.
- 76 Prohibition of use of rooms during intervals.
- 77 Prohibition of Sunday employment.
- 78 Annual holidays.
- 79 Exception as to women holding positions of management.
- 80 Power to suspend certain provisions of Part VI in emergency.
- Special Exceptions.
- 81 Exception as to male young persons employed in shifts.
- 82 Exception for factories operating the five-day week.
- 83 Exception as to hour of commencement of period of employment.
- 84 Exception as to simultaneous hours for meals and rest.
- 85 Exception as to employment during intervals.
- 86 Exception as to use of rooms during intervals.
- 87 Exception as to continuous employment of male young persons employed with men.
- 88 Exception as to male young persons employed on repairing work.
- 89 Exception as to Saturday.
- 90 Exception as to holidays on different days for different sets.
- 91 Exception as to Sundays and Saturdays in Jewish factories.
- 92 Exception as to laundries.
- 93 Exception as to manufacture of bread or flour confectionery or sausages.
- 94 Exception as to the preserving of fish, fruit and vegetables.
- 95 Exception as to factories where milk is treated.
- 96 Provision for protection of women and young persons employed under exceptions.
- 97 Notices, registers, &c, relating to special exceptions.
- Regulation of Employment of Young Persons in certain occupations.
- 98 Regulation of employment of young persons in certain occupations.
- Certificate of fitness for Employment of Young Persons.
- 99 Certificate of fitness for employment of young persons.
- 100 Power of inspector to require certificate of fitness for work.
- PART VII Special Applications and Extensions.
- Premises in respect of which Owner is liable.
- 101 Tenement factories.
- 102 Premises where part of building is separate factory.
- Electrical Stations.
- 103 Application of Act to electrical stations.
- Institutions.
- 104 Institutions.
- Docks, Wharves, Quays, Warehouses and Ships.
- 105 Docks, &c.
- 106 Ships.
- Works of Building and Engineering Construction.
- 107 Building operations.
- 108 Works of engineering construction.
- Lead Processes carried on in Places other than Factories.
- 109 Employment of women and young persons in places other than factories in processes connected with lead manufacture or involving the use of lead compounds.
- PART VIII Home Work.
- 110 Lists of outworkers to be kept in certain trades.
- 111 Employment of person in unwholesome premises.
- PART IX Particulars of Piece Work and Wages.
- 112 Particulars of work and wages to be given to piece-workers.
- PART X Miscellaneous.
- 113 Notice of occupation of factory, and use of mechanical power.
- 114 Posting of abstract of Act and notices.
- 115 Provisions as to special regulations.
- 116 General registers.
- 117 Preservation of registers and records.
- 118 Periodical return of persons employed.
- 119 Duties of persons employed.
- 120 Prohibition of deductions from wages.
- 121 Weights, measures and weighing and measuring instruments used in ascertaining wages.
- PART XI Administration.
- 122 Appointment and duties of inspectors and clerks and servants.
- 123 Powers of inspectors.
- 124 Power of inspector to conduct proceedings before magistrates.
- 125 Certificate of appointment of inspector.
- 126 Appointment and duties of examining surgeons.
- 127 Fees of examining surgeons.
- 128 Provisions as to county and district councils.
- 129 Provisions as to regulations and orders of Secretary of State.
- PART XII Supplementary.
- Offences, Penalties and Legal Proceedings.
- 130 Offences.
- 131 Fines for offences for which no express penalty provided.
- 132 Power of court to order cause of contravention to be remedied.
- 133 Fines in case of death or injury.
- 134 Fine for offence by parent.
- 135 Forgery of certificates, false entries, and false declarations.
- 136 Penalty on persons actually committing offence for which occupier is liable.
- 137 Power of occupier or owner to exempt himself from liability on conviction of the actual offender.
- 138 Proceedings against persons other than occupiers or owners.
- 139 Owner of machine liable in certain cases instead of occupier.
- 140 Prosecution of offences and recovery and application of fines.
- 141 Appeal from orders made on complaint.
- 142 Special provisions as to evidence.
- 143 Proceedings for offences in respect of the employment of children.
- 144 Service and sending of documents, &c.
- 145 Certificates of birth.
- 146 Power of county court to modify agreements.
- 147 Power of county court to apportion expenses.
- 148 Application of Arbitration Acts.
- PART XIII Application op Act.
- 149 General application of Act.
- 150 Application to factories belonging to the Crown.
- PART XIV Interpretation and General.
- Interpretation.
- 151 Interpretation of expression “factory ”.
- 152 General interpretation.
- 153 Application of Act to young persons employed in factories in certain occupations.
- General.
- 154 Inspection of certain premises.
- 155 Expenses of Secretary of State.
- 156 Application to Scotland.
- 157 Substitution of corresponding provisions for certain provisions of 1 Edw.7 c.22.
- 158 Provisions as to quarries and pit banks.
- 159 Repeals and exclusion of certain enactments.
- 160 Short title, commencement, extent and saving.
- SCHEDULES.
- FIRST SCHEDULE Table of Humidity.
- SECOND SCHEDULE Procedure for making Special Regulations.
- THIRD SCHEDULE Provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to be administered by district councils.
- PART II Provisions applicable in London and Scotland only.
- FOURTH SCHEDULE Enactments repealed.
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