S.I. No. 181/1956 - Factories (Notification of Industrial Diseases) Regulations, 1956.

S.I. No. 181 of 1956.

FACTORIES (NOTIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL DISEASES) REGULATIONS, 1956.

I, WILLIAM NORTON, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in pursuance of subsections (3) of section 76 of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955), hereby make the following regulations :

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Factories (Notification of Industrial Diseases) Regulations, 1956.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1956.

2. The notice of every case of the following diseases occurring in a factory, namely,

(a) lead, phosphorus or arsenical or mercurial poisoning, or anthrax, or

(b) any other disease to which section 76 of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955), is applied by regulations under subsection (6) of that section,

required by subsection (3) of the said section 76 to be sent by the occupier of the factory to the Minister and the certifying doctor shall be in the form and shall contain the particulars specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE.

NOTICE OF CASE OF POISONING OR DISEASE.

		1. Name of Occupier of Factory or Employer	.....................................................
Works		2. Address of Factory or Employer or Premises	....................................................
3. Address of Office (if the work on the premises is only temporary)		....................................................
	4. Nature of Industry	....................................................
		5. Nature of Poisoning or Disease	....................................................
		6. Name of person affected	....................................................
		7. Address (permanent)	....................................................
		8. Temporary Address (if any)	....................................................
Person Affected		9. Sex, and age last birthday	....................................................
		10. Precise Occupation	....................................................
		11. Has the case been reported to the Certifying Doctor?	....................................................
12. Has the case been entered in the General Register?	....................................................

Signature of Occupier or Agent........................

Date. . . . ......................................

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of July, 1956.

WILLIAM NORTON,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.