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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Date:
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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    SECTION 12 (6) where the water supplied is delivered as mentioned in subsection (3) of this section, the requirements of that subsection are satisfied. NOTES General effect of section. Sub-s. (1) imposes a duty to provide a supply of whole- some drinking water for premises within the Act, and sub-s. (2) requires the provision of suitable vessels and the renewal of the water where the supply is not piped. Sub-s. (3) prescribes the manner in which the supply may be delivered, and sub-s. (4) en- acts that sub-s. (I) may be complied with by an arrangement whereby those working in the premises can avail themselves of a supply of drinking water provided for others. This section may be compared with the provisions as to the supply of drinking water contained in s. 57 of the Factories Act 1961 (41 Halsbury’s Statutes (2nd Edn.) 298 and Redgrave’s Factories Acts (zoth Edn.) p. 145). 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. 1 to 3, ante. Persons. Cf. the note tos. 1, ante. Sub-s. (2): Practicable. See the note to s. 6 (3), ante. Enforcement, etc. For provisions as to enforcement, etc., see ss. 52 et seq., post. Offences. For provisions as to offences, see ss. 63 et seq., 70, 86 (1), post. Definitions. For ‘“‘employed’’, see s. 90 (1), (4), post. See also as to ‘“‘work in the premises’’, s. 90 (3), post. 12. Accommodation for clothing.—(1) There shall, in the case of premises to which this Act applies,— (a) be made, at suitable places, suitable and sufficient provision for enabling such of the clothing of the persons employed to work in the premises as is not worn by them during working hours to be hung up or otherwise accommodated; and (b) be made, for drying that clothing, such arrangements as are reason- ably practicable or, if a standard of arrangements for drying that clothing is prescribed, such arrangements as conform to that standard. _ (2) Where persons are employed to do such work in premises to which this Act applies as necessitates the wearing of special clothing, and they do not take that clothing home, there shall, in the case of those premises,— (a) be made, at suitable places, suitable and sufficient provision for enabling that clothing to be hung up or otherwise accommodated ; and (0) be made, for drying that clothing, such arrangements as are reason- ably practicable or, if a standard of arrangements for drying that clothing is prescribed, such arrangements as conform to that standard. . (3) The Minister may make regulations— (a) determining for premises to which this Act applies, or for any class of such premises, what is suitable and sufficient provision for the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this section; (b) prescribing for such premises as aforesaid, or for any class thereof, a standard of arrangements for drying clothing. NOTES General effect of section. In the case of premises within the Act, sub-s. (1) requires provision to be made for the accommodation and drying of the clothing of persons em- ployed which is not worn during working hours. Sub-s. (2) requires provision to be made for the accommodation and drying of special clothing worn during work which is not taken home. By sub-s. (3) the Minister is empowered to make regulations determining what is suitable and sufficient provision for accommodating clothing and prescribing a standard of arrangements for drying clothing. This section may be compared with the provisions as to accommodation for clothing contained in s. 59 of the Factories Act 1961 (41 Halsbury’s Statutes (2nd Edn.) 300 and Redgrave’s Factories Acts (zoth Edn.) pp. 148, 149). As to liability in tort, see the note, ‘‘General effect of section’’, to s. 4, ante. In McCarthy v. Daily Mirrov Newspapers, Litd., [1949] 1 All E.R. 801, the Court of Appeal accepted without discussion that an action lay for a breach of s. 43 (1) of the Factories