Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Amendment Regulations, 1952
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1952/1584 |
1952 No. 1584
FACTORIES
The Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Amendment Regulations, 195226thAugust 1952
27thAugust 1952
1stNovember 1952
The Minister of Labour and National Service by virtue of section 60 of the Factories Act, 1937(a), and the Transfer of Functions (Factories, & c., Acts) Order, 1946(b), and of all other powers in that behalf, hereby makes the following Special Regulations:—
Short title, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Amendment Regulations, 1952, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1952.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889(c), shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Amendment of Regulation 87 of the Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1948
2. For Regulation 87 of the Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1948(d) (which contains provisions as to the use of mechanically propelled vehicles and mechanically drawn trailer-vehicles) there shall be substituted the following Regulation:—
"87. A mechanically propelled vehicle or a mechanically drawn trailer-vehicle if owned or used by, or hired by and operated under the control of, a contractor or employer undertaking operations to which these Regulations apply and used for conveying workmen, goods or materials for the purpose of such operations shall, when being moved at a site where such operations are carried on (whether or not workmen, goods or materials are actually being conveyed on the vehicle at the time):—
(a) be in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair;
(b) not be used in an improper manner;
(c) be driven or operated only by a trained and competent person over eighteen years of age, except that for the purpose of training it shall be permissible for the vehicle to be driven or operated by a person over eighteen years of age who is under the direct supervision of a person qualified for that purpose;
(d) not be loaded in such a manner or to such extent as to interfere with the safe driving or operation of the vehicle:
(a) 1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 67.
(b) S.R. & O. 1946/376; Rev. VII, p. 88; 1946 I, p. 1006.
(c) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
(d) S.I. 1948/1145; Rev. VII, p. 191; 1948 I, p. 953.
Provided that, where all practicable precautions are taken to avoid danger to the persons affected, paragraph (a) of this Regulation shall not apply...
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