FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965

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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 1



1.(1) Every factory shall be kept in a clean state and free from effluvia
arising from any drain, sanitary convenience or nuisance.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1),

(a)accumulations of dirt and refuse shall be removed daily by a suitable
method from the floors and benches of workrooms, and from the staircases and
passages;

(b)the floor of every workroom shall be cleaned at least once every week by
washing or, if it is effective and suitable, by sweeping or other method.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) but subject to
subsection (4), the following provisions shall apply as respects all inside
walls and partitions and all ceilings or tops of rooms, and all walls, sides
and tops of passages and staircases, that is to say,

(a)where they have a smooth impervious surface, they shall at least once in
every period of fourteen months be washed with hot water and soap or other
suitable detergent or cleaned by such other method as may be approved by the
chief inspector;

(b)where they are kept painted in a prescribed manner or varnished, they shall
be repainted in a prescribed manner or revarnished at such intervals of not
more than seven years as may be prescribed, and shall at least once in every
period of fourteen months be washed with hot water and soap or other suitable
detergent or cleaned by such other method as may be approved by the chief
inspector;

(c)in any other case they shall be kept whitewashed or colourwashed and the
whitewashing or colourwashing shall be repeated at least once in every period
of fourteen months.

(4) Except in a case where the chief inspector otherwise requires, the
provisions of subsection (3) shall not apply to any factory where mechanical
power is not used and less than ten persons are employed.

Subs.(5) rep. by SR 1979/246

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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 1