Steam Whistles Act, 1872

STEAM WHISTLES ACT 1872

CHAPTER LXI.

An Act to regulate the use of Steam Whistles in certain Manufactories.[1] [6th August 1872.]

Extent.

1. This Act shall not apply to Scotland.

Use of steam whistles and trumpets.

2. No person shall use or employ in any manufactory, or any other place, any steam whistle or steam trumpet for the purpose of summoning or dismissing workmen or persons employed without the sanction of the sanitary authority, and every person offending against this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and to a further penalty not exceeding forty shillings for every day during which such offence continues: Provided always, that the sanitary authority, in case they have sanctioned the use of any such instrument as aforesaid, may at any time revoke such sanction on giving one month’s notice to the person using the same; Provided also, that it shall be lawful for the Local Government Board, on representation made to them by any person that he is prejudicially affected by such sanction, to revoke the same, and such revocation shall have the same force and effect as if it had been made by the sanitary authority.

Definition.

29 & 30 Vict. c. 90.

3.[2] Sanitary authority” means the authority at the time being empowered to execute the Nuisance Removal Acts, as defined and extended by the Sanitary Act, 1866.

Legal procedure.

11 & 12 Vict. c. 43., and 14 & 15 Vict. c. 93., &c.

4. All offences and penalties under this Act may be prosecuted and recovered in England in manner directed by the Summary Jurisdiction (England) Acts, and in Ireland, by the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Acts.

[1 Short title, “The Steam Whistles Act, 1872.” See 59 & 60 Vict. c. 14.]

[2 See 38 & 39 Vict. c. 55. s. 313.]