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An Act to consolidate the Factories Acts, 1937 to 1959, and certain other enactments relating to the safety, health and welfare of employed persons. Citation: 9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 34: Introduced by: David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir, Lord Chancellor, 28 March 1961 [1] Territorial extent England and Wales, Scotland [2] Dates; Royal assent ...
The Factories Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 34) consolidated the 1937 and 1959 acts. As of 2008, the Factories Act 1961 is substantially still in force, though workplace health and safety is principally governed by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) and regulations made under it.
An Act to make provision for the transfer to the United States of Brazil of the registered office of Shell Brazil Limited for the purpose of enabling that company to assume Brazilian nationality, for the cesser of application to that company of provisions of the Companies Act, 1948, consequent upon such assumption; and for other purposes ...
The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 (c. 41) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. At the time of its passage, the Act was intended to extend the protection of workplace health, safety and welfare under the Factories Act 1961 to other employees in Great Britain .
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73), sometimes known as the Factory Act 1802, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom designed to improve conditions for apprentices working in cotton mills. The Act was introduced by Sir Robert Peel , who had become concerned in the issue after a 1784 outbreak of a "malignant fever" at one of his cotton mills, which he later blamed ...
Cut off from Europe by the embargo and the British blockade in the War of 1812 (1807–15), entrepreneurs opened factories in the Northeastern United States that set the stage for rapid industrialization modeled on British innovations. From its emergence as an independent nation, the United States has encouraged science and innovation.
The Factories Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6.c. 55) was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee.It was passed with the intention of safeguarding the health of workers.