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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 11

Provisions as to workplaces.

11.(1) The provisions of section 107 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878
with respect to a factory, workshop or workplace not being kept in a cleanly
state or not ventilated, or overcrowded, and the provisions of section 22 of
the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890 relative to sanitary conveniences in
certain buildings shall not apply to any factory to which the foregoing
provisions of this Part of this Act apply, but [, subject to section 72 of the
Office and Shop Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 1966,] shall apply to any
workplace which is not a factory within the meaning of this Act.

(2) Every workplace within the meaning of the
Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878, which is not a factory to which the
foregoing provisions of this Act apply, [or premises to which the Office and
Shop Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 applies] must be kept free from
noxious effluvia and, unless so kept, shall be deemed to be a nuisance liable
to be dealt with summarily under the law relating to public health.

(3) For the purpose of their duties with respect to such workplaces as
aforesaid a [district council and such officers as it may authorise] shall,
without prejudice to their other powers, have such powers of entry,
inspection, taking legal proceedings or otherwise as an inspector ....[


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