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3-Special Exceptions Relaxing General Law in Certain Factories and Workshops.

a-Period of Employment.

42. In the factories and workshops, or parts thereof, to which this exception applies, the period of employment for young persons and women, if so fixed by the occupier and specified in the notice, may, except on Saturday, begin at eight o'clock in the morning and end at eight o'clock in the evening, and on Saturday may begin at eight o'clock in the morning and end at four o'clock in the afternoon, or where it begins at seven o'clock in the morning may end at three o'clock in the afternoon, and the period of employment for a child in a morning set may begin at the same hour, and the period of employment for a child in an afternoon set may end at the same hour.

This exception applies to the factories and workshops and parts thereof specified in part one of the third schedule to this act

Where it is proved to the satisfaction of a secretary of state that the customs or exigencies of the trade carried on in any class of non-textile factories or workshops, or parts thereof, either generally or when situate in any particular locality, require the extension thereto of this exception, and that the extension can be made without injury to the health of the children, young persons, and women affected thereby, he may, by order made under this part of this act, extend this exception accordingly.

43. Where it is proved to the satisfaction of a secretary of state that the customs or exigencies of the trade carried on in any class of non-textile factories or workshops, or parts thereof, either generally or when situate in any particular locality, require that the special exception hereinafter in this section mentioned should be granted, and that such grant can be made without injury to the health of the children, young persons, and women affected thereby, he may, by order made under this part of this act, grant to such class of factories or workshops, or parts thereof, a special exception, that the period of employment for young persons, and women

therein, if so fixed by the occupier and specified in the rotice, may, on any day, except Saturday, begin at nine o'clock in the morning, and end at nine o'clock in the evening, and in such case the period of employment for a child in a morning set shall begin at nine o'clock in the morning; and the period of employment for a child in an afternoon set shall end at eight o'clock in the evening.

44. The regulations of this act with respect to the employment of young persons in textile factories shall not prevent the employment, in the part of a textile factory in which a machine for the manufacture of lace is moved by steam, water or other mechanical power, of any male person, above the age of sixteen years, between four o'clock in the morning and ten o'clock in the evening, if he is employed in accordance with the following conditions; namely,

(a). Where such young person is employed on any day before the beginning, or after the end of the ordinary period of employment in the factory, there shall be allowed him for meals and absence from work between the above mentioned hours of four in the morning and ten in the evening, not less than nine hours; and

(b). Where such young person is employed on any day before the beginning of the ordinary period of employment in the factory, he shall not be employed on the same day after the end of that period; and

(c). When such young person is employed on any day after the end of the ordinary period of employment in the factory, he shall not be employed next morning before the beginning of the ordinary period of employment. For the purpose of this except'on the ordinary period of employment in the factory means the period of employment for young persons under the age of sixteen years or women in the factory, or if none are employed, means such period as can under this act be fixed for the employment of such young persons and women in the factory, and notice of such period shall be affixed in the factory.

45. The regulations of this act with respect to the employment of young persons in non-textile factories or workshops shall not prevent the employment, in the part of a bakehouse in which the process of baking bread is carried on, of any male young person above the age of sixteen years between five o'clock in the morning

and nine o'clock in the evening, if he is emplo, ed in accordance with the following conditions, namely,

(a). Where such young person is employed on any day before the beginning or after the end of the ordinary period of employment in the bakehouse, there shall be allowed him for meals and absence fron work between the above mentioned hours of five in the morning and nine in the evening not less than seven hours; and (b). Where such young person is employed on any day before the beginning of the ordinary period of employment in the bakehouse, he shall not be employed after the end of that period on the same day; and

(c). Where such young person is employed on any day after the end of the ordinary period of employment in the bakehouse, he shall not be employed next morning before the beginning of the ordinary period of employment.

For the purpose of this exception the ordinary period of employment in the bakehouse means the period of employment for young persons under the age of sixteen years or women in the bakehouse, or if none are employed, means such period as can under this act be fixed for the employment of such young persons and women in the bakehouse. and notice of such period shall be affixed in the bakehouse.

Where it is proved to the satisfaction of a secretary of state that the exigencies of the trade carried on in bakehouses, either generally or when situate in any particular locality, require that the special exception hereafter in this section mentioned shall be granted, and that such grant can be made without injury to the health of the male young persons affected thereby, he may by order made under this part of this act grant to bakehouses, or to bakehouses situate in the said locality, a special exception permitting the employment of male young persons of sixteen years of age and upwards as if they were no longer young persons.

46 Where it is proved to the satisfaction of a secretary of state that the customs or exigencies of the trade carried on in any class of non-textile factories or workshops, either generally or when situate in any particular locality require some other day in the week to be substituted for Saturday as regards the hour at which the period of employment for children, young persons, and women

is required by this act to end on Saturday, he may. by order made under this part of this act, grant to such class of factories or workshops a special exception, authorizing the occupier of every such factory and workshop to substitute by a notice affixed in his factory or workshop some other day for Saturday, and in such case this act shall apply in such factory or workshop in like manner as if the substituted day were Saturday, and Saturday were an ordinary work day.

47. In the process of Turkey red dyeing, nothing in Part I. of this act shall prevent the employment of young persons and women on Saturday until half-past four o'clock in the afternoon, but the additional number of hours so worked shall be computed as part of the week's limit of work, which shall, in no case, be exceeded.

48. In any of the textile factories to which this exception applies, if the period of employment for young persons and women, as fixed by the occupier and specified in the notice, begins at the hour of seven in the morning, and the whole time between that hour and eight o'clock is allowed for meals, the regulations of this act with respect to the employment of children, young persons and women shall not prevent a child, young person or woman, between the first day of November and the last day of March next following, being employed continuously, without an interval of at least half an hour for a meal, for the same period as if the factory were a non-textile factory.

This exception applies to the textile factories specified in Part Seven of the third schedule of this act.

Where it is proved to the satisfaction of a 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 children, young persons and women affected thereby, he may, by order made under this this part of this act, extend this exception accordingly.

49. Where it is proved to the satisfaction of a secretary of state that the customs or exigencies of the trade carried on in any class of non-textile factories or workshops, either generally or when

situate in any particular locality, require that the special exception hereafter in this section mentioned should be granted, he may, by order made under this part of this act, grant to such class of factories or workshops a special exception, authorizing the occupier of any such factory or workshop to allow all or any of the half holidays or whole holidays in lieu of them, on different days to any of the children, young persons and women employed in his factory or workshop, or to any sets of such children, young persons and women, and not on the same days.

50. Where the occupier of a factory or workshop is a person of the Jewish religion, the regulations of this act with respect to the employment of young persons and women shall not prevent him.

(1). If he keeps his factory or workshop closed on Saturday until sunset, from employing young persons and women on Saturday from after sunset until nine o'clock in the evening; or

(2). If he keeps his factory or workshop closed on Saturday, both before and after sunset, from employing young persons and women one hour on every other day in the week (not being Sunday), in addition to the hours allowed by this act, so that such hour be at the beginning or end of the period of employment, and be not before six o'clock in the morning or after nine o'clock in the evening; or

(3). If all the children, young persons and women in his factory or workshop are of the Jewish religion, from giving them, if so specified in a notice affixed in the factory or workshop as by this act provided, any two public holidays under the Holidays Extension Act, 1875, in lieu of Christmas day and Good Friday, but in that case such factory or workshop shall not be open for traffic on Christmas day or Good Friday.

51. A penalty shall be incurred by any person in respect of any work done on Sunday in any factory or workshop by a young person or woman of the Jewish religion, subject to the following conditions:

(1). The occupier of the factory or workshop shall be of the Jewish religion; and

(2). The factory or workshop shall be closed on Saturday and shall not be open for traffic on Sunday; and

(3). The occupier shall not avail himself of the exception author

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