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OFFICE AND SHOP PREMISES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 24

1971 c.32

24.(1) In the case of all premises to which this Act applies there shall be
provided so as to be readily accessible a first-aid box complying with the
requirements of subsection (2), or a first-aid cupboard so complying, and,
where the number of persons employed to work in the premises exceeds one
hundred and fifty at any one time, an additional such box or cupboard for each
unit of one hundred and fifty persons comprised in the excess (any fraction of
a unit being treated as one).

(2) The said requirements are that the box or cupboard

(a)contains first-aid requisites and appliances of such descriptions and in
such quantities as may be prescribed by order made by the Ministry; and

(b)contains no articles other than first-aid requisites or appliances.

(3) A first-aid box or cupboard provided in the case of any premises in
pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this section must be in the charge of
a responsible person, and no box or cupboard so provided must be in the charge
of a person who has charge of another box or cupboard provided in those
premises in pursuance of the said provisions.

(4) Where persons to a number exceeding the relevant number are employed to
work at any one time in premises to which this Act applies, then

(a)if no more than one first-aid box or cupboard is required by this section
to be provided in the case of the premises, the person in charge of it must be
trained in first-aid treatment and always available during working hours;

(b)if two or more boxes or cupboards are so required to be so provided, one of
the persons in charge of the respective boxes or cupboards must be so trained
and available.

In this subsection "relevant number", in relation to any premises, means one
hundred and fifty or such less number as may by regulations be prescribed by
the Ministry in relation either to premises generally or to premises of a
class within which the first-mentioned premises fall.

(5) Where paragraph (a) of subsection (4) applies to any premises, there must
be displayed therein, at such place, in such a position, and in such
characters, as to be easily seen and read by the persons employed to work in
the premises, a notice stating the name of the person in charge of the box or
cupboard and the fact of his being in charge of it; and where paragraph (b) of
that subsection applies to any premises, there must be displayed therein, at
such place, in such a position, and in such characters, as aforesaid, a notice
stating

(a)in a case where the availability of a single person is relied on to secure
compliance with that paragraph, his name, the fact of his being in charge of a
first-aid box or cupboard and that he is always available during working
hours;

(b)in a case where the availability of one or other of two or more persons is
so relied on, the names of each of them, the fact of their each being in
charge of a first-aid box or cupboard, and that one or other of them is always
so available.

(6) For the purposes of this section a person shall be deemed not to be
trained in first-aid treatment unless he satisfies such conditions as may be
prescribed by order made by the Ministry.

(7) Where a first-aid room is maintained at, or in conjunction with, premises
to which this Act applies, and arrangements exist for securing the immediate
treatment in that room of persons who, while in the premises, suffer bodily
injury or become ill, the authority having power to enforce compliance, in the
case of those premises, with the foregoing provisions of this section, may by
instrument served on the occupier of the premises, exempt the premises, so
long as the arrangements continue in force, from the requirements of the said
provisions to such extent and subject to such conditions as may be specified
in the instrument.

(8) Subsection (5) shall not apply to fuel storage premises which are wholly
in the open, but in the case of such premises which are wholly in the open
there must be given to each person employed to work there a notice stating the
like particulars as would be stated in such a notice as for the time being
would, by virtue of that subsection, be required to be displayed in the
premises if that subsection applied to them.

(9) This section shall not apply to

(a)premises which, for the purposes of
the enactments for the regulation of mines and quarries, form part of a mine
or quarry; or

(b)premises which are comprised in an institution which provides medical or
surgical treatment for in-patients or an institution which is carried on by a
person registered under [Part I of the Nursing Homes and Nursing Agencies Act
(Northern Ireland) 1971].

Ss.2527 rep. by SR 1979/284

Certification of premises by appropriate authority.

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