C1Part I. Non–Textile Factories.

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Factory and Workshop Act 1901 (c. 22) was repealed by Factories Act 1937 (c. 67), s. 159(3), Sch. 4 with the saving that nothing in that Act should affect the definition of the expressions ''factory'' and ''workshop'' for the purposes of this Act, and accordingly s.149 of, and Sch. 6 to, the repealed Act are here reproduced for the purpose of construing this Act.

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Factory and Workshop Act 1901 (c. 22) was repealed by Factories Act 1937 (c. 67), s. 159(3), Sch. 4 with the saving that nothing in this Act should affect the definition of the expressions ''factory'' and ''workshop'' for the purposes of this Act, and accordingly s. 149 of, and Sch. 6 to, the repealed Act are here reproduced for the purpose of construing this Act.

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    C2“Print works,” that is to say, any premises in which any persons are employed to print figures, patterns or designs upon any cotton, linen, woollen, worsted or silken yarn or upon any woven or felted fabric not being paper;

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    “Bleaching and dyeing works,” that is to say, any premises in which the processes of bleaching, beetling, dyeing, calendering, finishing, hooking, lapping and making up and packing any yarn or cloth of any material or the dressing or finishing of lace or any one or more of such processes or any process incidental thereto are or is carried on;

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    “Earthenware works,” that isto say, any place in which persons work for hire in making or assisting in making, finishing or assisting in finishing earthenware or china of any description, except bricks and tiles not being ornamental tiles;

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    “Lucifer–match works,” that is to say, any place in which persons work for hire in making lucifer matches or in mixing the chemical materials for making them or in any process incidental to making lucifer matches, except the cutting of the wood;

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    “Percussion–cap works,” that is to say, any place in which persons work for hire in making percussion caps or in mixing or storing the chemical materials for making them or in any process incidental to making percussion caps;

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    “Cartridge works,” that is to say, any place in which persons work for hire in making cartridges or in any process incidental to making cartridges, except the manufacture of the paper or other material that is used in making the cases of the cartridges;

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    “Paper–staining works,” that is to say, any place in which persons work for hire in printing a pattern in colours upon sheets of paper, either by blocks applied by hand or by rollers worked by steam, water or other mechanical power;

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    “Fustian–cutting works,” that is to say, any place in which persons work for hire in fustian cutting;

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    “Blast furnaces,” that is to say, any blast furnace or other furnace or premises in or on which the process of smelting or otherwise obtaining any metal from the ores is carried on;

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    “Copper mills”;

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    “Iron mills,” that is to say, any mill, forge or other premises in or on which any process is carried on for converting iron into malleable iron, steel or tin plate or for otherwise making or converting steel;

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    “Foundries,” that is to say, iron foundries, copper foundries, brass foundries and other premises or places in which the process of founding or casting any metal is carried on; except any premises or places in which such process is carried on by not more than five persons and as subsidiary to the repair or completion of some other work;

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    “Metal and india–rubber works,” that is to say, any premises in which steam, water or other mechanical power is used for moving machinery employed in the manufacture of machinery or in the manufacture of any article of metal not being machinery or in the manufacture of india–rubber or gutta–percha or of articles made wholly or partially of india–rubber or gutta–percha;

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    “Paper mills,” that is to say, any premises in which the manufacture of paper is carried on;

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    “Glass works,” that is to say, any premises in which the manufacture of glass is carried on;

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    “Tobacco factories,” that is to say, any premises in which the manufacture of tobacco is carried on;

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    “Letter–press printing works,” that is to say, any premises in which the process of letter–press printing is carried on;

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    “Bookbinding works,” that is to say, any premises in which the process of bookbinding is carried on;

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    “Flax scutch mills”;

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    “Electrical stations,” that is to say, any premises or that part of any premises in which electrical energy is generated or transformed for the purpose of supply by way of trade or for the lighting of any street, public place or public building or of any hotel or of any railway, mine or other industrial undertaking.