S.I. No. 170/1956 -- Factories Act, 1955 (Application of Section 76 To Certain Disease) Regulations, 1956
S.I. No. 170/1956: FACTORIES ACT, 1955 (APPLICATION OF SECTION 76 TO CERTAIN DISEASE) REGULATIONS, 1956 |
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FACTORIES ACT, 1955 (APPLICATION OF SECTION 76 TO CERTAIN DISEASE) REGULATIONS, 1956 |
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I, WILLIAM NORTON, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the power conferred on me by section 8 and subsection (6) of section 76 of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955), after consultation with the Minister for Health, hereby make the following regulations : |
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1.--(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Factories Act, 1955 (Application of Section 76 to Certain Diseases) Regulations, 1956. |
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(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1956. |
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2. Section 76 of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955), is hereby applied to the following diseases occurring in a factory : |
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(a) jaundice due to tetrachlorethane or nitro-or amido-derivatives of benzene or other poisonous substance |
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(b) epitheliomatous ulceration due to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil or paraffin, or any compound, product or residue of any of these substances, |
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(c) chrome ulceration, that is, ulceration due to chromic acid or bichromate of potassium, sodium or ammonium or any preparation of these substances, |
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(d) poisoning by carbon bisulphide, |
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(e) aniline poisoning, |
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(f) chronic benzene poisoning, |
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(g) manganese poisoning, |
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(h) compressed air illness, and |
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(i) toxic anaemia. |
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3. The following Orders made under subsection (4) of section 73 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, are hereby revoked : |
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(a) the Order made on the 27th day of November, 1915, relating to toxic jaundice, and |
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(b) the Order made on the 28th day of November, 1919, relating to epitheliomatous and chrome ulceration. |
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of July, 1956. |
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WILLIAM NORTON, |
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Minister for Industry and Commerce. |
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