74Amendment of sections 123(1) and 124(1) of Factories Act 1961, and provisions consequential thereon
(1)For the purposes of section 123(1) (application of Act to electrical stations) of the Factories Act 1961, office premises to which this Act applies which are comprised in premises to which that subsection applies shall, notwithstanding that they are so comprised, be deemed not to form part of the premises.
(2)The Minister may by special regulations provide that premises which, but for the operation of the foregoing subsection, would, for the purposes of the said section 123(1), form part of premises to which the said section 123(1) applies, or any class of premises such as are first-mentioned in this subsection.—
(a)shall be excepted from the operation of section 24 of this Act; and
(b)shall, notwithstanding the foregoing subsection, be deemed for the purposes of section 61 (first aid) of the said Act of 1961 to form part of the premises of which, but for that subsection, they would, for the purposes of the said section 123(1), form part.
(3)Regulations under this section may provide that, for the purposes of the application to premises to which the said section 123(1) applies of subsection (4) of the said section 61, persons employed to work in premises which, by virtue of the regulations, are deemed for the purposes of the said section 61 to form part of the first-mentioned premises shall (according as may be specified in the regulations) be left out of account or be taken into account to a number (ascertained in accordance with the regulations) less than the full number thereof.
(4)The foregoing provisions of this section shall, with the substitution, for references to the said section 123(1), of references to section 124(1) (institutions) of the Factories Act 1961, have effect with respect to office premises to which this Act applies which are comprised in premises to which the said section 124(1) applies, as they have effect with respect to office premises to which this Act applies which are comprised in premises to which the said section 123(1) applies.