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CHECKWEIGHING IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES ACT 1919 - SECT 1

1.(1) The workmen engaged in any industry to which this Act applies and paid
according to the weight of material produced, handled, or gotten by them
shall, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, have a right to check
the weighing of the material or to test the accuracy of the estimated weight
of the material in manner provided by this Act or by regulations made
thereunder.

(2) The industries to which this Act applies are

(a)The production or manufacture of iron or steel, including any process of
founding, converting, casting, rolling, or otherwise finishing iron or steel;

(b)The loading or unloading of goods, whether as cargo or stores, into and
from vessels;

(c)The getting of chalk or limestone from quarries;

(d)The manufacture of cement and lime;

(e)Any other industry to which the provisions of this Act may be extended by
regulations made by the Secretary of State.

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