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OFFICE AND SHOP PREMISES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 19

Prohibition of heavy work.

19.(1) No person employed to work in premises to which this Act applies shall
work there at any machine to which this section applies unless he has been
fully instructed as to the dangers arising in connection with it and the
precautions to be observed, and

(a)has received a sufficient training in work at the machine; or

(b)is under adequate supervision by a person who has a thorough knowledge and
experience of the machine.

(2) This section applies to such machines as may be prescribed by order of
the Ministry, being machines which appear to the Ministry to be of such a
dangerous character that persons ought not to work at them unless the
foregoing requirements are complied with.

Ss.2022 rep. by SR 1979/284


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