does not appoint an arbitrator within seven days after he served that requisition, or if neither the arbitrators nor the umpire decide that it is unnecessary or impossible to fence the machinery alleged in the notice to be dangerous, the occupier shall securely fence the said machinery in accordance with the notice, or with the award of the arbitrators, or umpire, if it modifies the notice, and the expenses of the arbitration shall be paid by the occupier and shall be recoverable from him by the inspector in the county courts

(5). Where the occupier of a factory fails to comply within a reasonable time with the requirements of this section as to securely fencing the said machinery in accordance with the notice or award, or fails to keep the said machinery securely fenced in accordance therewith, or fails constantly to maintain such fencing in an efficient state while the machinery required to be fenced is in motion for the purpose of any manufacturing process, the factory shall be deemed not to be kept in conformity to this act.

(6). For the purpose of this section and of any provisions of this act relating thereto, " machinery" shall be deemed to include any driving strap or band.

7. Where an inspector considers that in a factory or workshop a vat, pan, or other structure, which is used in the process or handicraft carried on in such factory or workshop, and near to or over which children or young persons are liable to pass or to be employed, is so dangerous, by reason of its being filled by hot liquor or molten metal or otherwise, as to be likely to be a cause of bodily injury to any child or young person employed in the factory or workshop, he shall serve on the occupier of the factory or workshop a notice requiring him to fence such vat, pan, or other structure.

The provisions of this act with respect to the fencing of machinery which an inspector considers not to be securely fenced and to be dangerous shall apply in like manner as if they were re-enacted in this section, with the substitution of the vat, pan, or other structure, for machinery, and with the addition of workshop, and if the occupier of a factory or workshop fails constantly to maintain the fencing required under this section in an efficient state, while such vat, pan, or other structure is so filled or otherwise dangerous as aforesaid, the factory or workshops shall be deemed not to be kept in conformity with this act.

8. Where an inspector observes in a factory that any grindstone, worked by steam, water, or other mechanical power is in itself so faulty, or is fixed in so faulty a manner as to be likely to cause bodily injury to the grinder using the same, he shall serve on the occupier of the factory a notice requiring him to replace such faulty grindstone, or to properly fix the grindstone fixed in the faulty

manner.

The provisions of this act with respect to the fencing of machinery which an inspector considers not to be securely fenced and to be dangerous, shall apply in like manner as if they were re-enacted in this section with the necessary modifications.

Where the occupier of a factory fails to keep the grindstone mentioned in the notice or award, in such a state and fixed in such a manner as not to be dangerous, the factory shall be deemed not to be kept in conformity with this act.

9. A child shall not be allowed to clean any part of the machinery of a factory while the same is in motion by the aid of steam, water or other mechanical power.

A young person or woman shall not be allowed to clean such part of the machinery in a factory as mill-gearing, while the same is in motion for the purpose of propelling any part of the manufacturing machinery.

A child, young person, or woman shall not be allowed to work between the fixed and traversing part of any self-acting machine while the machine is in motion by the action of steam, water, or other mechanical power.

A child, young person or woman allowed to clean or to work in contravention of this section, shall be deemed to be employed contrary to the provisions of this act.

3-Employment and Mal Hours.

10. A child, young person, or woman shall not be employed in a factory or a workshop, except during the period of employment hereinafter mentioned.

11. With respect to the employment of young persons and women in a textile factory the following regulations shall be observed:

(1). The period of employment, except on Saturday, shall either begin at six o'clock in the morning and end at six o'clock in the evening, or begin at seven o'clock in the morning and end at seven o'clock in the evening; and

(2). The period of employment on Saturday shall begin either at six o'clock or seven o'clock in the morning; and

(3). Where the period of employment on Saturday begins at six o'clock in the morning, that period

(a). If not less than one hour is allowed for meals, shall end at one o'clock in the afternoon as regards employment in any manu. facturing process, and at half-past one o'clock in the afternoon as regards employment for any purpose whatever; and

(b). If less than one hour is allowed for meals,shall end at half an hour after noon as regards employment in any manufacturing process, and at one o'clock in the afternoon as regards employment for any purpose whatever; and

(4). Where the period of employment on Saturday begins at seven o'clock in the morning, that period shall end at half-past one in the afternoon as regards any manufacturing process, and at two o'clock in the afternoon as regards employment for any purpose whatever; and

(5) There shall be allowed for meals during the said period of employment in the factory

(a). On every day except Saturday not less than two hours, of which one hour at the least, either at the same time or at different times, shall be before three o'clock in the afternoon; and

(b). On Saturday not less than half an hour; and

(6). A young person or woman shall not be employed continuously for more than four hours and a half without an interval of at least half an hour for a meal.

12. With respect to the employment of children in a textile fact tory, the following regulations shall be observed:

(1). Children shall not be employed except on the system either of employment in morning and afternoon sets, or of employment on alternate days only; and

(2). The period of employment for a child in a morning set shall, except on Saturday, begin at the same hour as if the child were a young person, and end at one o'clock in the afternoon; or if the

dinner time begins before one o'clock at the beginning of dinner time; and

(3). The period of employment for a child in an afternoon set shall, except on Saturday, begin at one o'clock in the afternoon, or at any later hour at which the dinner time terminates, and end at the same hour as if the child were a young person*; and

(4). The period of employment for any child on Saturday shall begin and end at the same hour as if the child was a young person; and

(:) A child shall not be employed in two successive periods of seven days in a morning set; and a child shall not be employed on two successive Saturdays, nor on Saturday in any week if on any other day in the same week his period of employment has exceeded five hours and a half; and

(6). When a child is employed on the alternate day system, the period of employment for such child and the time allowed for meals shall be the same as if the child were a young person; but the child shall not be employed on two successive days, and shall not be employed on the same day of the week in two successive weeks; and

(7). A child shall not on either system be employed continuously for any longer period than he could be if he were a young person without an interval of at least half an hour for a meal.

13. With respect to the employment of young persons and women in a non-textile factory, and of young persons in a workshop, the following regulations shall be observed:

(1). The period of employment, except on Saturday shall (save as in this act specially excepted), either began at six o'clock in the morning and end at six o'clock in the evening, or begin at seven o'clock in the morning and end at seven o'clock in the evening, and (2). The period of employment on Saturday shall (save as in this act specially excepted) begin at six o'clock in the morning or at seven o'clock in the morning, and end at two o'clock in the afterand

noon,

(3) There shall be allowed for meals during the said period of employment in the factory or workshop

(a). On every day except Saturday not less than one hour and a

*And see the Factory and Workshop Act, 1883 (46 and 47) Vict. c. 53, s.14), post.

half, of which one hour at least, either at the same time or at different times, shall be before three o'clock in the afternoon, and

(b). On Saturday not less than half an hour, and

(4). A young person or a woman in a non textile factory and a young person in a workshop shall not be employed continuously for more than five hours without an interval of at least half an hour for a meal.

14. With respect to the employment of children in a non-textile factory and a workshop the following regulations shall be observed: (1). Children shall not be employed except either on the system of employment in morning and afternoon sets,* or (in a factory or workshop in which not less than two hours are allowed for meals on every day except on Saturday) on the system of employment on alternate days only; and

(2). The period of employment for a child in a morning set on every day, including Saturday, shall begin at six or seven o'clock in the morning and end at one o'clock in the afternoon or, if the dinner time begins before one o'clock, at the beginning of dinner time; and

(3). The period of employment for a child in an afternoon set on every day, including Saturday, shall begin at one o'clock in the afternoon, or at any hour later than half-past twelve o'clock at which the dinner time terminates, and end on Saturday at two o'clock in the afternoon, and on any other day at six or seveĥ o'clock in the evening, according as the period of employment for children in the morning set began at six or seven o'clock in the morning; and

(4). A child shall not be employed in two successive periods of seven days in a morning set, nor in two successive periods of seven days in an afternoon set, and a child shall not be employed on Saturday in any week in the same set in which he has been employed on any other day of the same week; and

(5). When a child is employed on the alternate day system

(a). The period of employment for such child shall, except on Saturday, either begin at six o'clock in the morning and end at six o'clock in the evening, or begin at seven o'clock in the morning and end at seven o'clock in the evening; and

*See Factory and Workshops Act, 1883, post.