Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act, 1956 : 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. Ch. 49.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1956]
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Credit: Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act, 1956 : 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. Ch. 49. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and Welfare Provisions) Act, 1956 An Act to provide for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons employed in agriculture and certain other occupations and the avoidance of accidents to children arising out of the use, in connection with agri- culture, of vehicles, machinery or implements; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. [Sth July, 1956] E it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— Safety, Health and Welfare of Employees 1.—(1) Provision may be made by regulations under this Regulations section for protecting workers employed in agriculture against for securing risks of bodily injury or injury to health arising out of the use Sle? Rone of any machinery, plant, equipment or appliance, the carrying a slovee’ on of any operation, the use of any process or the management of animals, for securing to such workers safe places to work in and safe means of access thereto and for protecting them against risks of bodily injury arising out of their falling through apertures in floors or walls, or from their workplaces, or while ascending or descending staircases or ladders. (2) Regulations under this section may make any such provi- sion for any of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing sub- section aS appears to the authority by whom the regulations are made to meet the necessity of the case as far as is reasonably practicable, and may impose obligations, restrictions and prohibi- tions on employers of workers employed in agriculture, on such workers themselves, and on others. M2 ]