Factories Act, 1955
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Basement bakehouses. |
65.—(1) Without prejudice to section 64 of this Act, a basement bakehouse shall not be used as a bakehouse after the expiration of three years from the commencement of this Act. | |
(2) Where, as respects any basement bakehouse, the Minister is satisfied— | ||
(a) that it was in use as a bakehouse on the 7th day of July, 1954, and | ||
(b) that it is suitable for use as a bakehouse as regards construction, height, light, ventilation, hygiene and means of escape in case of fire, | ||
the Minister, after consultation with the Minister for Health, may by certificate exempt such basement bakehouse from subsection (1) of this section. | ||
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a certificate issued under subsection (2) of this section shall be for a specified period (being, in the case of a basement bakehouse other than a basement bakehouse at least one side of which is not below ground level, a period not exceeding five years), but such certificate may be renewed. | ||
(4) In this section— | ||
“basement bakehouse” means a bakehouse, any bakery room of which is so situate that the surface of the floor is more than three feet below the surface of the footway of the adjoining street or of the ground adjoining or nearest to the room; | ||
“bakery room” means any room used for baking, or for any process incidental thereto. |