APPENDIX VI

(CHAPTER XI.)

THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS

(a) FIVE HOURS' SPELL IN CERTAIN TEXTILE FACTORIES THE Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Section 39.—(1) In any of the textile factories to which this exception applies, a woman, young person, or child may, between November 1 and March 31, be employed continuously for 5 hours without an interval for a meal; provided that

(a) The period of employment fixed by the occupier and specified in the notice begins at 7 A.M.; and

(b) The whole time between that hour and 8 A.M. is allowed for meals.

(2) This exception applies to textile factories solely used for(a) The making of elastic web; or

(b) The making of ribbon; or

(c) The making of trimming.

(3) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that in any class of textile factories, either generally or when situate in any particular locality, the customary habits of the persons employed therein require the extension thereto of this exception, and that the manufacturing process carried on therein is of a healthy character, and the extension can be made without injury to the health of the women, young persons, and children affected thereby, he may by Special Order extend this exception accordingly. The limitation of this exception to the period between November 1 and March 31 shall not, if the Secretary of State by Special Order so directs, apply to hosiery factories.

Special Orders made under Section 39.-By an Order dated December 20, 1882 (actually made under Section 48 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1878), as amended by an Order dated May 12, 1902, the provisions of Section 39 have been extended to

(d) Woollen factories in the Counties of Oxford, Wilts, Worcester, Gloucester, and Somerset.

(e) Factories in which the only processes carried on are those of winding and throwing raw silk or either of such pro

cesses.

(f) Hosiery factories; the limitation of the said exception to the period between November 1 and March 31 is not to apply to these factories; but the exception is to apply to any hosiery factory only during such period of the year as may be specified by the occupier in the notice which an occupier availing himself of a special exception is required by Section 60 of the Act to serve on the inspector and to exhibit in the factory.

(b) EXCEPTIONS to Section 33 oF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. (SIMULTANEOUS MEAL TIMES, ETC.)

Section 40.-(1) The provisions of this Act which require that all the women, young persons, and children employed in a factory or workshop must have the times allowed for meals at the same hour of the day shall not apply to the following factories, namely:

(i.) Blast furnaces, or

(ii.) Iron mills, or

(iii.) Paper mills, or
(iv.) Glass works, or

(v.) Letter-press printing works.

(2) The provisions of this Act which require that a woman, young person, or child shall not during the times allowed for meals be employed or be allowed to remain in a room in which a manufacturing process or handicraft is being carried on shall not apply to the following factories, namely:

(i.) Iron mills, or

(ii.) Paper mills, or

(iii.) Glass works (except any part in which the materials are mixed, and, in the case of glass works where flint

glass is made, any part in which the work of grinding, cutting, or polishing is carried on), or

(iv.) Letter-press printing works.

(3) In that part of any print works or bleaching and dyeing works in which the process of dyeing or open-air bleaching is carried on

(i.) A male young person may have the times allowed him

for meals at different hours of the day from other young persons and women and children employed in the factory;

(ii.) A male young person may during the times allowed for meals to any other young person or to any woman or child be employed or be allowed to remain in a room in which a manufacturing process is carried on ; and

(iii.) During the times allowed for meals to a male young person any other young person or any woman or child may be employed in the factory or be allowed to remain in a room in which a manufacturing process is carried on.

(4) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that in any class of factories or workshops or parts thereof it is necessary, by reason of the continuous nature of the process or of special circumstances affecting that class, to extend thereto both or either of the following exceptions, namely: (a) An exception permitting the women, young persons, and

children employed in the factory or workshop to have the times allowed for meals at different hours of the day, or

(b) An exception permitting women, young persons, and children, during the times allowed for meals in the factory or workshop, to be employed in the factory or workshop or to be allowed to remain in a room in which a manufacturing process or handicraft is being carried on; and that the extension can be made without injury to the health of the women, young persons, and children affected thereby, he may, by Special Order, extend both or either of those exceptions accordingly.

Special Orders made under Section 40. 1. Order, dated December 20, 1882.-The provisions of the Act which require that all children, young persons, and women employed in the factory or workshop shall have the times allowed for meals at the same time of the day shall not apply in the case of

(a) Textile factories wherein female young persons or women employed in a distinct department in which there is no machinery commence work at a later hour than the men and other young persons, subject to the condition that all in the same department shall have their meals at the same time.

(b) Non-textile factories and workshops wherein is carried on the making of wearing apparel.

(c) Non-textile factories and workshops wherein there are two or more departments or sets of young persons, subject to the condition that all in the same department or set shall have their meals at the same time.

(d) The following non-textile factories and workshops, viz. :

Tin streams,

Dressing floors,

China clay pits, and
Quarries,

in the county of Cornwall.

2. Order, dated December 20, 1882.-The provisions of the Act which require that a child, young person, and woman shall not during any part of the times allowed for meals in a factory or workshop be allowed to remain in a room in which the manufacturing process or handicraft is being carried on shall not apply to the case of

(a) Textile factories wherein female young persons or women employed in a distinct department in which there is no machinery commence work at a later hour than the men and other young persons, subject to the condition that all in the same department shall have their meals at the same time.

(b) Non-textile factories and workshops wherein is carried on the making of wearing apparel.

(c) Non-textile factories and workshops wherein there are two or more departments or sets of young persons, subject to the condition that all in the same department or set shall have their meals at the same time.

(d) The following non-textile factories and workshops, viz.: Dressing floors,

Tin streams,
China clay pits, and
Quarries,

in the county of Cornwall.

3. Order, dated February 24, 1887.-The provisions of the Act which require that all children, young persons, and women employed in the factory or workshop shall have the times allowed for meals at the same time of the day shall not apply in the case of

Non-textile factories wherein is carried on the making of bread or biscuits by means of travelling ovens.

4. Order, dated February 24, 1887.-The provisions of the Act which require that a child, young person, and woman shall not during any part of the times allowed for meals in a factory or workshop be allowed to remain in a room in which the manufacturing process or handicraft is being carried on shall not apply in the case of

Non-textile factories wherein is carried on the making of bread or biscuits by means of travelling ovens.

5. Order, dated May 1, 1896.-The provisions of the Act which require that all the children, young persons, and women employed in the factory or workshop shall have the times allowed for meals at the same hour of the day shall not apply to

Factories and workshops in which is carried on the printing

of photographs,

subject to the condition that in every factory and workshop the occupier of which avails himself of this exception, there shall be affixed a notice showing the names of the children, young persons, and women employed in the factory or workshop, and the times allowed to each of them for meals.

6. Order, dated July 20, 1899.-The provisions of the Act which require (a) that all the children, young persons, and women employed in a factory or workshop shall have the times allowed for meals at the same hour of the day, and (b) that a child, young person, or woman shall not, during any part of the times allowed for meals in a factory or workshop, be employed in the factory or the workshop, or be allowed to remain in a room in which a manufacturing process or handicraft is being carried on, shall not apply to

Factories in which is carried on the spinning of artificial silk, subject to the following conditions:

(1) One set of meal hours shall be appointed for the children, young persons, and women whose ordinary employment in the factory is the spinning of artificial silk; another set for all other children, young persons, and women employed in the factory. (2) All children, young persons, and women whose ordinary employment in the factory is the spinning of artificial silk, shall have the same hours appointed for their meals, and shall not during those hours be employed in the factory, or be allowed to remain in a room in which any manufacturing process or handicraft is then being carried on.

(3) All other children, young persons, and women employed in the factory, shall have the same hours appointed for their meals, and shall not during those hours be employed in the factory, or be allowed to remain in a room in which any manufacturing process or handicraft is then being carried on.

(4) In every room in which any child, young person, or woman is employed in the spinning of artificial silk, there shall be affixed a complete and accurate list of all children, young persons, and women, whose ordinary employment in the factory is the spinning of artificial silk, together with a statement of the meal hours appointed for them. (5) In every room in which any child, young person, or woman is employed in the spinning of artificial silk, there shall be at least 1000 cubic feet of air space to each person employed.