Factory Acts Extension Act 1867

1 Short title.

1. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as ‘TheFactory Acts Extension Act, 1867.’

2 Application of Act.

2. This Act shall apply to the whole of the United Kingdom.

3 General Definitions.

3. For the Purposes of this Act the following Words shall in this Act and in the Acts incorporated herewith, herein-after included under the Expression this Act, have the Meanings hereby applied to them, unless there is something in the Context inconsistent with such Meanings; that is to say,

‘Factory’ shall mean as follows:

And every Part of a Factory shall be deemed to be a Factory, except such Part, if any, as is used exclusively as a Dwelling:

‘Manufacturing Process’ shall mean any Manual Labour exercised by way of Trade or for Purposes of Gain in or incidental to the making any Article or Part of an Article, or in or incidental to the altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing, or otherwise adapting for Sale any Article.

4 Definition of ‘Factory Acts.’

4. The Factory Acts shall in this Act mean the Fourth and Fifth Sections of ‘The Factory Acts Extension Act, 1864,’ relating to Sanitary Measures and Special Rules, and such Provisions as are now in force of the Acts following:

An Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late MajestyWilliam the Fourth, Chapter One hundred and three, intituled An Act to regulate the Labour of Children and Young Persons in the Mills and Factories of the United Kingdom , which henceforth may be cited for all Purposes as ‘The Factory Act, 1833;’

An Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter Fifteen, intituledAn Act to amend the Laws relating to Labour in Factories , which henceforth may be cited for all Purposes as ‘The Factory Act, 1844;’

An Act passed in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter Fifty-four, intituledAn Act to amend the Acts relating to Labour in Factories , which henceforth may be cited for all Purposes as ‘The Factory Act, 1850;’

An Act passed in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter One hundred and four, intituledAn Act further to regulate the Employment of Children in Factories , which henceforth may be cited for all Purposes as ‘The Factory Act, 1853,’ and

‘The Factory Act, 1856.’

5 Exemptions from Provisions of this Act and Schedule annexed.

5. There shall be excluded from the Provisions of this Act and of the Schedule annexed hereto,—

6 Application of Factory Acts to Factories not included in such Acts.

6. The Factory Acts as herein-before defined shall be incorporated with this Act, and, subject to the Modifications mentioned in the Schedule annexed hereto, shall, from and after the First Day ofJanuary One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, be in force in every Factory which is not excluded from the Operation of this Act.

7 Restrictions as to Employment of Children, Young Person and Women in certain Factories.

(1)7. 1. No Child, Young Person, or Woman shall be employed on Sunday in or about any Factory, subject to the Modifications in the Schedule as regards Blast Furnaces:

(2) 2. No Boy under the Age of Twelve Years, and no Female, shall be employed in any Part of a Glass Factory in which the Process of melting or annealing Glass is carried on:

(3) 3. No Child under the Acre of Eleven Years shall be employed in grinding in the Metal Trades:

And any Child, Young Person, or Woman who is employed in contravention of this Section shall be deemed to be employed in manner contrary to the Provisions of the Factory Acts.

8 Meals not to be taken in certain Parts of Glass Factory.

8. In the Manufacture of Glass, no Child, Young Person, or Woman shall be allowed to take his or her Meals in any Part of the Factory where the Materials are mixed, or in the Manufacture of Flint Glass where the Work of grinding, cutting, and polishing is carried on; and any Child, Young Person, or Woman allowed to take his or her Meals in contravention of the said Provision shall be deemed to be employed in manner contrary to the Provisions of the Factory Acts.

9 Extension of Provision relating to Ventilation in Factories.

9. In every Factory where grinding, glazing, or polishing on a Wheel, or any other Process is carried on by which Dust is generated and inhaled by the Workmen to an injurious Extent, if it appears to any Inspector of Factories that such Inhalation could be to a great Extent prevented by the Use of a Fan or other mechanical Means, it shall be lawful for the Inspector to direct a Fan or other mechanical Means, of such Construction as may from Time to Time be approved by One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, to be provided by the Occupier of the Factory within a reasonable Time; and if such Occupier fail to comply with such Direction he shall be deemed to have failed to have kept his Factory in conformity with the Fourth Section of ‘The Factories Act Extension Act, 1864,’ and shall be punishable accordingly.

10 Penalty on not fixing Grindstones securely.

10. If it appears to any Inspector that any Grindstone, worked by Steam or other mechanical Power in any Factory, is fixed in so faulty a Manner as to be likely to cause bodily Injury to the Grinder using the same, such Inspector shall take the same Proceedings as nearly as may be as he is required to take by ‘The Factory Act, 1844,’ with respect to Machinery not securely fenced; and the Occupier of the Factory shall be liable to the same Penalties for not properly fixing the said Grindstone as he would be liable to under the said Act in respect of any Machinery found to be not properly fenced.

11 Inspectors or Sub-Inspectors to be furnished with Certificates of Appointment as Secretary of State may direct.

11. Every Inspector or Sub-Inspector of Factories shall be furnished with such Certificate of his Appointment as the Secretary of State may direct, and on applying for Admission to any Factory such Inspector or...