The Factories Act 1961 etc. (Metrication) Regulations 1983

Regulation 3(1)

SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS TO THE FACTORIES ACT 1961

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Provision to be amended	Subject-matter of measurement	Present measurement	Measurement to be substituted
The Factories Act 1961
Section 2(2)	Minimum amount of cubic space per person employed in a workroom	Four hundred cubic feet	11 cubic metres
Section 2(5)	Maximum height from floor to be taken into account when calculating cubic space	Fourteen feet	4.2 metres
Section 3(2)	Minimum temperature of workroom after the first hour	Sixty degrees	16 degrees Celsius
Section 18(1)	Minimum height of edge of fixed vessel, structure, sump or pit containing scalding, corrosive or poisonous liquid which need not be covered or fenced	Three feet	920 millimetres
	Minimum height of secure fencing to surround the vessel, structure, sump or pit etc.	Three feet	920 millimetres
Section 18(2)(a)	Minimum width of ladder, stair or gangway placed above, across or inside any vessel, structure, sump etc.	Eighteen inches	460 millimetres
Section 18(2)(b)	Minimum height of fencing on either side of ladder, stair or gangway	Three feet	920 millimetres
Section 18(3)	Passage between adjoining vessels etc to be barred unless there is
	(a) minimum space between vessels or	Eighteen inches	460 millimetres
	(b) minimum height of secure fencing	Three feet	920 millimetres
Section 19(1)	Minimum distance between traversing carriage of any self-acting spinning mule and any part of the head stock of another such machine	Twelve inches	310 millimetres
Section 26(1)(f)	Maximum thickness of chains or slings to be annealed every six months	Half-inch	13 millimetres
Section 27(7)	Minimum distance between over-head travelling crane and person working on or near its wheel track	Twenty feet	6 metres
Section 29(2)	Distance which person will be liable to fall	Six feet six inches	2 metres
Section 30(2)	Minimum length of manhole (if rectangular or oval) in any chamber, tank, vat etc.	Eighteen inches	460 millimetres
	Minimum width of manhole (if rectangular or oval)	Sixteen inches	410 millimetres
	Minimum diameter of manhole (if circular)	Eighteen inches	460 millimetres
	Minimum length of manhole (if rectangular or oval) in any tank wagon and other mobile plant	Sixteen inches	410 millimetres
	Minimum width of manhole (if rectangular or oval)	Fourteen inches	360 millimetres
	Minimum diameter of manhole (if circular)	Sixteen inches	410 millimetres
Section 39(7)	Storage capacity of water-sealed gasholder	Five thousand cubic feet	140 cubic metres
Section 68(4)	Wet bulb temperature reading above which artificial humidification is prohibited	Seventy two and a half degrees	22.5 degrees Celsius
	Wet bulb temperature reading above which artificial humidification is prohibited when spinning cotton or spinning merino or cashmere by the French or dry process or spinning or combing wool by that process	Eighty degrees	26.5 degrees Celsius
Section 68(6)	Temperature of water absorbing oxygen from permanganate of potash solution	Sixty degrees	16 degrees Celsius
	Ratio of water to oxygen absorbed	Half a grain per gallon of water	7 milligrams per litre of water
Section 68(8)	Minimum difference in readings of the wet and dry bulb thermometers	Four degrees	2 degrees Celsius
Section 175(2)(n)	Storage capacity of gasholder	Five thousand cubic feet	140 cubic metres