Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963

75 Amendment of section 125(1) of Factories Act 1961, and provisions consequential thereon

(1) For the purposes of section 125(1) (docks, etc.) 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 125(1), form part of premises to which the said section 125(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 any regulation as to first aid made by virtue of section 125(2) of the said Act which is applicable to the premises of which, but for the foregoing subsection, they would, for the purposes of the said section 125(1), form part, to form part of those premises.

(3) The reference in the said section 125(1) to a warehouse in or for the purposes of which mechanical power is used, being a warehouse neither forming part of a factory nor belonging to the owners, trustees or conservators of a dock, wharf or quay, shall be construed as not including a building occupied by a wholesale dealer or merchant where goods are kept for sale wholesale or a part of a building so occupied where goods are so kept.