FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 120 Parts of buildings let off as separate factories other provisions.

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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 120

Parts of buildings let off as separate factories other provisions.

120.(1) Where a part of a building is let off as a separate factory but is not
part of a tenement factory,

(a)the provisions of this Act specified in subsection (2)(a) and (b) shall
apply to any part of the building used for the purposes of the factory but not
comprised therein;

(b)subject to subsections (4) and (5), the owner of the building shall be
responsible for any contravention of the provisions specified in subsection
(2)(a) as so applying; and

(c)subject to subsection (5), the owner of the building shall be responsible,
instead of the occupier, for any contravention as respects the factory, of the
provisions specified in subsection (2)(c).

(2) The said provisions are

(a)the provisions of Part I with respect to cleanliness and lighting, and the
provisions of Part II with respect to prime movers, transmission machinery,
hoists and lifts, chains, ropes and lifting tackle, cranes and other lifting
machines, the construction and maintenance of floors, passages and stairs, the
keeping free from obstruction and slippery substances of floors, steps,
stairs, passages and gangways, and with respect to steam boilers, steam
receivers and steam containers, and air receivers;

Para.(b) rep. by SR 1979/246

(c)the provisions of Part I with respect to sanitary conveniences and the
provisions of Part II with respect to hoists and lifts.

(3) For the purposes of the provisions applied by the foregoing provisions of
this section, lifting machines attached to the outside of the building, and
chains, ropes and lifting tackle used in connection with those machines, shall
be treated as being in the building, but any lifting machine not used for the
purposes of the factory, and any chains, ropes or lifting tackle not used in
connection with a lifting machine so used, shall be disregarded.

(4) For any contravention (whether as respects the factory or otherwise) of
the provisions of Part II with respect to chains, ropes and lifting tackle,
cranes and other lifting machines, steam boilers, steam receivers and steam
containers, and air receivers

(a)the occupier of the factory shall be responsible if it is a contravention
with respect to any machinery or plant belonging to or supplied by him; and

(b)the owner of the building shall be responsible in any other case;

(5) The owner shall be responsible by virtue of this section

(a)for the cleanliness of sanitary conveniences only when used in common by
several tenants; and

(b)for a contravention of the provisions relating to hoists and lifts only so
far as those provisions relate to matters within his control.

Subs.(6) rep. by SR 1979/246

(7) Any reference in the provisions applied by the foregoing provisions of
this section to the general register shall, in relation to matters in respect
of which the owner of the building is responsible, be construed as a reference
to a register to be kept by him, ....

Application of Act to electrical stations.

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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 120