A.D. 1878.

Application of Act to Ireland.

37 & 38 Vict.

c. 44. s. 12.

14 & 15 Vict. c. 93.

terms of The Summary Prosecutions Appeal (Scotland) Act, 1875.

99. In the application of this Act to Ireland

(1.) The expression "certified efficient school" means any national school:

(2.) The expression "sanitary authority' means an urban or rural sanitary authority within the meaning of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1874, and any Act amending the

same:

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(3.) The expression "medical officer of health"
medical sanitary officer of the sanitary district:
(4.) Any act authorised to be done or consent required to be
given by the Education Department under this Act shall be
done and given by the Lord Lieutenant or Lords Justices
of Ireland, acting by and with the advice of the Privy 15
Council in Ireland:

(5.) The expression "county court" means the civil bill court:
(6.) The expression "Summary Jurisdiction Acts means within
the police district of Dublin metropolis, the Acts regu-
lating the powers and duties of justices of the peace for 20
such district, or of the police of such district, and else-
where in Ireland the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851,
and any Act amending the same:

(7.) A court of summary jurisdiction when hearing and deter-
mining an information or complaint in any matter arising 25
under this Act shall be constituted within the police
district of Dublin metropolis of one of the divisional
justices of that district sitting at a police court within
the district, and elsewhere of a stipendiary magistrate
sitting alone, or with others, or of two or more justices of
the peace sitting in petty sessions at a place appointed for
holding petty sessions:

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(8.) Appeals from a court of summary jurisdiction shall lie in the manner and subject to the conditions and regulations prescribed in the twenty-fourth section of the Petty 35 Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, and any Acts amending the

same:

(9.) All fines imposed under this Act shall, save as is otherwise expressly provided by this Act, be applied in the manner directed by the Fines Act (Ireland), 1851, and any Act 40 amending the same:

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(10.) The provisions of section nineteen of the Public Health A.D. 1878.
Act, 1866, or of any enactment substituted for that section,
with respect to any factory, workshop, or workplace, not
kept in a cleanly state, or not ventilated, or overcrowded
shall not apply to any factory or workshop which is subject
to the provisions of this Act with respect to cleanliness,
ventilation, and overcrowding, but shall apply to every
other factory workshop and workplace:

It is hereby declared that the Sanitary Acts within the
meaning of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1874, shall 37 & 38 Vict.
apply to buildings in which persons are employed, what- c. 93.
ever their number may be, in like manner as it applies to
buildings where more than twenty persons are employed.
(11.) All matters required by this Act to be published in the
London Gazette, shall, if they relate exclusively to Ireland,
instead of being published in the London Gazette, be pub-
lished in the Dublin Gazette only.

(4.) Repeal.

100. The Acts specified in the Fifth Schedule to this Act are Repeal of 20 hereby repealed from and after the commencement of this Act to Acts. the extent in the third column of that schedule mentioned:

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Provided that—

(1.) All notices affixed in the factory in pursuance of the Acts
hereby repealed shall, so far as they are in accordance
with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been
affixed in pursuance of this Act; and

(2.) All inspectors sub-inspectors officers clerks and servants
appointed in pursuance of the Acts hereby repealed shall
continue in office and shall be subject to removal and have
the same powers and duties as if they had been appointed
in pursuance of this Act; and

(3.) All certifying surgeons appointed in pursuance of any Act
hereby repealed shall be deemed to have been appointed
in pursuance of this Act; and

(4.) All surgical certificates granted in pursuance of any Act
hereby repealed shall have effect as certificates of fitness
for employment granted in pursuance of this Act, and all
registers kept in pursuance of any Act hereby repealed
shall, until otherwise directed by a Secretary of State, be
deemed to be the registers required by this Act; and
(5.) Any order made by a Secretary of State in pursuance of
any enactment hereby repealed for granting any permis-

A.D. 1878.

39 & 40 Vict. c. 79.

37 & 38 Vict. c. 44.

sion or relaxation to any factories or workshops may, if the Secretary of State so direct, continue in force for a period not exceeding three months after the commencement of this Act; and

(6.) The standard of proficiency fixed by the Education Depart- 5
ment in pursuance of any enactment hereby repealed
shall be deemed to have been fixed in pursuance of this
Act; and

(7.) A child exempted by section eight of the Elementary
Education Act, 1876, from the provisions of section 10
twelve of the Factory Act, 1874, by reason of his having
attained the age of eleven years before the first day of
January 1877, shall, on attaining the age of thirteen
years, be deemed to be a young person within the meaning
of this Act:

(8.) This repeal shall not affect―

(a.) Anything duly done or suffered under any enactment hereby repealed; or

(b.) Any obligation or liability incurred under any enactment hereby repealed; or

(c.) Any penalty or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against an enactment hereby repealed; or

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(d.) Any legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any
such obligation liability, penalty, or punish- 25
ment as aforesaid, and any such legal proceeding
and remedy may be carried on as if this Act had
not passed.

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SCHEDULES.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR HEALTH.

Factories and Workshops in which the Employment of Young

Persons and Children is restricted.

1. In a part of a factory or workshop in which there is carried Young per

on

the process of silvering of mirrors by the mercurial process; or
the process of making white lead,

10 a young person or child shall not be employed.

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2. In the part of a factory or workshop in which the process of melting or annealing glass is carried on a child or female young person shall not be employed.

3. In a factory or workshop in which there is carried on—
(a.) the making or finishing of bricks or tiles not being orna-
mental tiles; or

(b.) the making or finishing of salt,

a girl under the age of sixteen years shall not be employed.

sons and children

in processes tending to de

stroy health. Children and female young

persons in parts of

glass works. See 30 & 31

Vict. c. 103.

s. 7.

Girls under

16 in certain

unsuitable employ

ments.

See 34 & 35

Vict. c. 104.

s. 5.

4. In a part of a factory or workshop in which there is Children

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(a.) metal grinding, or

(b.) the dipping of lucifer matches,

a child shall not be employed.

in metal grinding and lucifer match making.

30 & 31 Vict. c. 103. s. 7.

and c. 146,

5. In fustian cutting a child under the age of eleven years shall s. 6. 25 not be employed.

Child under

11 in fustian

cutting.

27 & 28 Vict.

c. 48. s. 6.:

30 & 31 Vict.

c. 146. s. 6.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS.

Places forbidden for Meals.

The prohibition on a child young person or woman taking a meal or remaining during the times allowed for meals in certain 5 parts of factories or workshops applies to the parts of factories and workshops following; that is to say,

(1.) In the case of glass works, to any part in which the materials are mixed; and

(2.) In the case of glass works where flint glass is made, to any 10
part in which the work of grinding cutting or polishing is
carried on; and

(3.) In the case of lucifer match works, to any part in which any
manufacturing process or handicraft (except that of cutting
the wood) is usually carried on; and

(4.) In the case of earthenware works, to any part known or used
as dippers house, dippers drying room, or china scouring

room.

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Employment of children,

young persons,

and women between 8 a.m.

and 8 p.m. in

certain trades in which the

customs or

exigencies of

the trade, either
generally or in
any particular
locality,
require it,

See 33 & 34
Vict. c. 62.
sch. 7.

The exception respecting the employment of children young persons and women between the hours of eight in the morning and eight in the evening, and on Saturday between the hours of 25 eight in the morning and four in the afternoon or between the hours of seven in the morning and three in the afternoon, applies to any factory or workshop or part thereof in which any of the following manufacturing processes or handicrafts are carried on; that is to say, (a.) Lithographic printing:

(b.) Turkey-red dyeing:

(c.) The making of any article of wearing apparel:

(d.) The making of furniture hangings:

(e.) Artificial flower making:

(f.) Bon bon and Christmas present making.

(g.) Valentine making:

(h.) Fancy box making:

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