The Offices, shops and railway premises Act, 1963 / With introduction and annotations by Ian Fife and E. Anthony Machin. Being a reprint of Butterworths Annotated Legislative Service, Statutes Supplement no. 138.

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1963
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Credit: The Offices, shops and railway premises Act, 1963 / With introduction and annotations by Ian Fife and E. Anthony Machin. Being a reprint of Butterworths Annotated Legislative Service, Statutes Supplement no. 138. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 138.—OFFICES, SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT 1963 derived by dividing by the first-mentioned number the number which expresses in cubic feet the capacity of the room is less than four hundred. (3) Subsection (2) of this section— (a) shall not prejudice the general obligation imposed by subsection (1) thereof; (0) shall not apply to a room to which members of the public are invited to resort; and (c) shall not, in the case of a room comprised in, or constituting, premises of any class (being a room which at the passing of this Act is comprised in, or constitutes, premises to which this Act applies), have effect until the expiration of the period of three years beginning with the day on which the said subsection (1) comes into force as respects premises of that class. NOTES General effect of section. Sub-s. (1) imposes a general prohibition against over- crowding in premises within the Act, and sub-s. (2) prohibits overcrowding in numbers which exceed the product of a prescribed formula. Sub-s. (3) provides that sub-s. (2) shall not apply to public rooms, and that it shall not have effect until a future date. This section may be compared with the provisions as to overcrowding in factories contained in s. 2 of the Factories Act 1961 (41 Halsbury’s Statutes (2nd Edn.) 246 and Redgrave’s Factories Acts (20th Edn.) pp. 15, 16). As to liability in tort, see the note ‘“‘General effect of section’’, to s. 4, ante. Sub-s. (1): Premises to which this Act applies. See ss. I to 3, ante. Persons. Cf. the note tos. I, ante. Sub-s. (2). The Minister has power to exempt premises or rooms of any class from the provisions of this subsection (s. 45 (1), post), and the enforcing authority has power to exempt particular premises or rooms from those provisions (s. 46 (1), post). Sub-s. (3): Passing of this Act. The Act was passed, 7.e., received the Royal Assent, on 31st July 1963. Beginning. In calculating the period of three years the day from which it runs must be included; see Hare v. Gocher, [1962] 2 All E.R. 763; [1962] 2 QO.B. 641. The day on which the said sub-s. (1) comes into force. The Act comes into operation on such day as the Minister may appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions (see s. 91 (2), post). Offences. For provisions as to offences, see ss. 63 ef seg., 70, 86 (1), post. and see also ss. 61, 83 (5), post. Statutory nuisances. For overcrowding as a statutory nuisance, see the Public Health Act 1936, s. 92 (I) (130 Statutes Supp. 141), and the Public Health (London) Act 1936, s. 82 (1), (3) (15 Halsbury’s Statutes (2nd Edn.) 935). See also the second paragraph of the note to s. 4, ante. Definitions. For ‘‘employed’’, see s. go (1), (4), post. See also as to “. .. work in such a room’’, etc., s. 90 (3), post. 6. Temperature.—(1) Effective provision shall be made for securing and maintaining a reasonable temperature in every room comprised in, or constituting, premises to which this Act applies, being a room in which persons are employed to work otherwise than for short periods, but no method shall be used which results in the escape into the air of any such room of any fume of such a character and to such extent as to be likely to be injurious or offensive to persons working therein. (2) Where a substantial proportion of the work done in a room to which the foregoing subsection applies does not involve severe physical effort, a temperature of less than 16 degrees Centigrade (which is equivalent to 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit) shall not be deemed, after the first hour, to be a reasonable temperature while work is going on. (3) The foregoing subsections shall not apply— (a) to a room which comprises, or is comprised in or constitutes, office premises, being a room to which members of the public are a