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TRUCK ACT 1896 - SECT 3

Deductions or payments in respect of materials.

3.(1) An employer shall not make any contract with any workman for any
deduction from the sum contracted to be paid by the employer to the workman,
or for any payment to the employer by the workman for, or in respect of, the
use or supply of materials, tools or machines, standing room, light, heat, or
for or in respect of any other thing to be done or provided by the employer in
relation to the work or labour of the workman unless

(a)the terms of the contract are contained in a notice kept constantly affixed
at such place or places open to workmen, and in such a position that it may be
easily seen, read, and copied by any person whom it affects; or the contract
is in writing signed by the workman; and

(b)the sum to be paid or deducted under the contract in respect of materials,
tools or machines, standing room, light, heat, or any other thing, does not
exceed, in the case of materials or tools supplied to the workman, the actual
or estimated cost thereof to the employer, or in the case of the use of
machinery, light, heat, or any other thing in this section mentioned, a fair
and reasonable rent or charge, having regard to all the circumstances of the
case.

(2) An employer shall not make any such deduction or receive any such payment
unless

(a)the deduction or payment is made in pursuance of, and in accordance with,
such a contract as aforesaid; and

(b)particulars in writing showing the things in respect of which the deduction
or payment is made and the amount thereof are supplied to the workman on each
occasion when a deduction or payment is made.


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