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OFFICE AND SHOP PREMISES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 17

Avoidance of exposure of young persons to danger in cleaning machinery.

17.(1) Every dangerous part of any machinery used as, or forming, part of the
equipment of premises to which this Act applies shall be securely fenced
unless it is in such a position or of such construction as to be as safe to
every person working in the premises as it would be if securely fenced.

(2) In so far as the safety of a dangerous part of any machinery cannot, by
reason for the nature of the operation effected by means of the machinery, be
secured by means of a fixed guard, the requirements of subsection (1) shall be
deemed to be complied with if a device is provided that automatically prevents
the operator from coming into contact with that part.

(3) In determining, for the purposes of subsection (1), whether a moving part
of any machinery is in such a position or of such construction as is therein
mentioned, no account shall be taken of any person carrying out while the part
is in motion an examination thereof or any lubrication or adjustment shown by
the examination to be immediately necessary, if the examination, lubrication
or adjustment can only be carried out while the part is in motion.

(4) Fencing provided in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this section
shall be of substantial construction, be properly maintained and be kept in
position while the parts required to be fenced are in motion or use, except
when any such parts are necessarily exposed for examination and for any
lubrication or adjustment shown by the examination to be immediately
necessary.

(5) Subsection (3), and so much of subsection (4) as relates to the exception
from the requirement thereby imposed, shall only apply where the examination,
lubrication or adjustment in question is carried out by such persons who have
attained the age of eighteen as may be specified in regulations made by
the Ministry and all other such conditions as may be so specified are complied
with.

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