Factory and workshop orders : 1929 edition / [Home Office].

Date:
1929
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Credit: Factory and workshop orders : 1929 edition / [Home Office]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sweetmeats. (6) If the occupier or contractor fails to comply with the require- ments of this section, he shall be liable for each offence to a fine of not more than ten pounds, and, in the case of a se¢ond or subsequent conviction within two years from the last conviction for that offence, not less than one pound. (7) If anyone engaged as a worker in any of the aforesaid classes of work, having received such particulars, whether they are furnished directly to him or to a fellow workman, discloses the particulars for the purpose of divulging a trade secret, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds. (8) If anyone for the purpose of obtaining knowledge of or divul- ging a trade secret, solicits or procures a person so engaged to disclose such particulars, or with that object pays or rewards any such person, or causes any person to be paid or rewarded for so disclosing such particulars, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds. In this Order the term ** out-worker ’? means— (a) Any workman employed in the business of a factory or workshop outside the factory or workshop, whether directly by the occupier thereof or by any contractor employed by him. (6) Any workman employed by the occupier of any place from which work is given out or by a contractor employed by him in connection with the said work. (c) Any contractor employed by the occupier of a factory or workshop on the business of the factory or workshop outside the factory or workshop, or employed by the occupier of a place from which work is given out in connection with the said work, except a contractor who does not personally do any part of the work which he undertakes. : Provided that in the last-mentioned case a person employing a contractor shall not be liable to a fine for any failure to furnish him with particulars if he shows to the satisfaction of the Court that he had reasonable ground for believing that the contractor was the occupier of a factory or workshop and that the work given out would be wholly done by persons empioyed by the contractor and no part thereof by the contractor personally. So much of the Order of the 15th November, 1909,* as relates to the manufacture of chocolates or sweetmeats is hereby repealed. This Order shall come into force on the Ist April, 1912. R. McKenna, One of His Majesty’s Principal Home Office, Whitehall, Secretaries of State. 27th February, 1912. * See p. 814.
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