Factories Act 1961

General E+W+S

F1 177 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1(5), 2(4), 3(3), 4(2), 5(2), 7(2), 9, 10, 14(3)(4)(6), 17(3)–(5), 18(5)(6), 25(4), 53–55, 58(2)–(4), 59(2)(3), 62, 66, 70, 71, 72(2), 73(2), 76, 81, 83, 121(7), 122(6), 124(2)(3), 129(1), 134, 137(5), 142, 145, 149, 150, 153(3), 159, 164(3), 174(2), 177, 179, 180(5)(7)(8)(10), 181(2), 182(5)(6), Schs. 3, 4 repealed by S.I. 1974/1941, reg. 7, Sch. 1

178 Certificates of birth. E+W+S

(1) Where the age of any person is required to be ascertained or proved for the purposes of this Act, any person shall, on presenting a written requisition in such form and containing such particulars as [F2 the Secretary of State] or, as respects Scotland, the Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe and on payment of [F3 the appropriate fee in England and Wales or] a fee of [F4 £10.00] [F5 in Scotland], be entitled to obtain a certified extract under the hand of a registrar or superintendent registrar of births and deaths of the entry in the register under the M1 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 or [F6 the M2 Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965] of the birth of that person.

(2) A form of such a requisition shall on request be supplied without charge by every superintendent registrar and registrar of births and deaths.

[F7 (3) In subsection (1), “the appropriate fee” means the fee payable to a registrar or superintendent registrar for a certified copy of an entry in the register concerned by virtue of section 38A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1967/486, arts. 2(6), 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 8 and 1968/1699, arts. 2, 5(4)

F3 Words in s. 178(1) inserted (12.7.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 33(a); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)

F4 S. 178(1): fee substituted (S.) (1.1.2011) by The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/428), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch.

F5 Words in s. 178(1) inserted (12.7.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 33(b); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)

F6 Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)

F7 S. 178(3) inserted (12.7.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 33(c); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Power to amend s. 178(1) conferred by Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 (c. 14), s. 5, Sch. 3

Marginal Citations

M1 1953 c. 20.

M2 1965 c. 49.

F8 179 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F8 Ss. 1(5), 2(4), 3(3), 4(2), 5(2), 7(2), 9, 10, 14(3)(4)(6), 17(3)–(5), 18(5)(6), 25(4), 53–55, 58(2)–(4), 59(2)(3), 62, 66, 70, 71, 72(2), 73(2), 76, 81, 83, 121(7), 122(6), 124(2)(3), 129(1), 134, 137(5), 142, 145, 149, 150, 153(3), 159, 164(3), 174(2), 177, 179, 180(5)(7)(8)(10), 181(2), 182(5)(6), Schs. 3, 4 repealed by S.I. 1974/1941, reg. 7, Sch. 1

180 Regulations, rules and orders. E+W+S

(1) Any regulations, rules or orders made under this Act shall be made by statutory instrument, except an order applicable only to particular persons, premises, boilers, employment, operations or work or to persons employed at particular premises or on work supervised from particular premises.

(2) Any statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(3) Any power conferred by this Act to make regulations, rules or orders shall include power to make different provisions in relation to different circumstances.

(4) Any power conferred by this Act to make an order shall include power to revoke such an order by a subsequent order [F9 and the provisions of section 50 of the M3 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 shall apply to any such power which is exercisable by statutory instrument as they apply to a power to make regulations.]

F10 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) Any power conferred by this Act to prescribe standards or impose requirements shall include power to do so by reference to the approval of the chief inspector [F11 or of the chief employment medical adviser or a deputy chief employment medical adviser.]

F10 (7), (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9) Any regulations or order made by the Minister under this Act may be made for a limited period or without limit of period and may be made subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, and may contain such supplemental and consequential provisions as he considers necessary for giving full effect to the regulations or order.

F10 (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F9 Words added by S.I. 1974/1941, Sch. 2 para. 13

F10 Ss. 1(5), 2(4), 3(3), 4(2), 5(2), 7(2), 9, 10, 14(3)(4)(6), 17(3)–(5), 18(5)(6), 25(4), 53–55, 58(2)–(4), 59(2)(3), 62, 66, 70, 71, 72(2), 73(2), 76, 81, 83, 121(7), 122(6), 124(2)(3), 129(1), 134, 137(5), 142, 145, 149, 150, 153(3), 159, 164(3), 174(2), 177, 179, 180(5)(7)(8)(10), 181(2), 182(5)(6), Schs. 3, 4 repealed by S.I. 1974/1941, reg. 7, Sch. 1

F11 Words added by Employment Medical Advisory Service Act 1972 (c. 28), s. 2(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Reference to chief employment medical adviser and deputy chief employment medical adviser to be construed as reference to a person appointed for the purposes of that provision by the authority responsible for maintaining the employment medical advisory service: Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), s. 60(4)

Marginal Citations

M3 1974 c. 37.

F12 181 Substitution of corresponding provisions for certain provisions of Factory and Workshop Act 1901. E+W+S

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Textual Amendments

F12 S. 181 repealed (6.4.2014) by The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/486), reg. 1, Sch. Table 1

182 General application to Scotland. E+W+S

(1) The provisions of this section shall, in addition to any express provision for the application to Scotland of any provision of this Act, have effect for the general application of this Act to Scotland.

F13 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) All matters required by this Act to be published in the London Gazette shall, if they relate to Scotland, be published in the Edinburgh Gazette either in addition or in substitution, as the case may require.

(4) Any offence against this Act for which the maximum penalty that may be imposed does not exceed ten pounds may be prosecuted in any court of summary jurisdiction within the meaning of the M4 [F14 Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975] having jurisdiction in the place where the offence was committed.

F15 (5), (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7) Every person convicted of an offence against this Act may be found liable in expenses.

F16 (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F17 (9) Any powers exercisable by an inspector appointed by a county or town council (or, on or after 16th May 1975, by an islands or district council) under section 19 of the M5 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 shall, for the purposes of their duties under the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, extend to factories within the meaning of that Act. ]

Textual Amendments

F13 Ss. 181(3), 182(2) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29

F14 Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), s. 460(1)(b)

F15 Ss. 1(5), 2(4), 3(3), 4(2), 5(2), 7(2), 9, 10, 14(3)(4)(6), 17(3)–(5), 18(5)(6), 25(4), 53–55, 58(2)–(4), 59(2)(3), 62, 66, 70, 71, 72(2), 73(2), 76, 81, 83, 121(7), 122(6), 124(2)(3), 129(1), 134, 137(5), 142, 145, 149, 150, 153(3), 159, 164(3), 174(2), 177, 179, 180(5)(7)(8)(10), 181(2), 182(5)(6), Schs. 3, 4 repealed by S.I. 1974/1941, reg. 7, Sch. 1

F16 S. 182(8) repealed (S.) (1.10.2009) by Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2, Savings and Consequential Provisions) Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/319), art. 2, sch. 3 Pt. 1

F17 S. 182(9) substituted by S.I. 1974/1941, Sch. 2 para. 14

Marginal Citations

M4 1975 c. 21.

M5 1974 c. 37.

183 Transitional provisions and repeals. E+W+S

(1) This Act shall have effect subject to the provisions of the Sixth Schedule to this Act.

F18 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F18 S. 183(2), Sch. 7 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

184 Construction of references in other enactments to factories and workshops, etc. and exclusion of certain provisions of Public Health (London) Act 1936. E+W+S

(1) F19 . . . references in any enactment to a factory or workshop within the meaning of the Factory and Workshop Acts 1901 to 1929, or any of those Acts, shall be construed as references to a factory within the meaning of this Act.

F20 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F21 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F19 Words in s. 184(1) repealed (19.5.1997) by 1997 c. 29, s. 33(2), Sch. 4; S.I. 1997/1097, art. 3(d), Sch.

F20 Ss. 85, 118, 151, 152, 184(2) repealed by Employment Medical Advisory Service Act 1972 (c. 28), Sch. 3

F21 S. 184(3) repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 93, Sch. 18 Pt. II

185 Short title, commencement and extent. E+W+S

(1) This Act may be cited as the Factories Act 1961.

(2) This Act shall come into force on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and sixty-two.

(3) This Act, except subsections (1) and (2) of section seventy-seven F22 . . ., does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F22 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI