Regulations

(1) The Minister may from time to time make regulations generally for giving effect to the purposes of this Act, and for the purpose of ensuring the health or safety of persons who are employed in any factory or in connection with machinery, and in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, any such regulations may provide for, (a) the safe means of approach or access to, and exit from, any factory or machinery; (b) the fencing and covering of all dangerous places or machines; (c) life saving and first aid appliances; (d) securing safety in connection with all operations carried on in a factory; (e) securing safety in connection with the use of cranes, winches, pulley-blocks and of all engines, machinery, mechanical gear and contrivances generally whatever; (f) the periodic testing and classification, according to age, type or condition, of boilers, and for the issue and display of in connection therewith, and for the regulating of the type of safety valves to be fixed to any boiler and the maximum pressure at which boilers of any age, type, class or condition may be operated; (g) the duties and responsibilities assignable to any person generally, and in particular to employers, owners and managers in charge of factories, in connection with any one or more of such regulations; 16 (h) the proper ventilation of any factory, having regard to the nature of the process carried on therein; (i) the sanitation, including the provision of lavatory accommodation, having, regard to the number of workers employed, at any (j) the number of hours a week to be worked, the period of employment in any one day and the intervals for rest and meals for every woman and young person employed in a factory and the requirement of a certificate of fitness for every such woman and young person; (k) the fees to be paid for the registration and renewal of registration of any factory or of any class of factory, and for the inspection and examination of any factory or class of factory and any machinery therein, Provided that in no case shall the fee for registration or re- registration, including inspection and examination, exceed one hundred dollars; (l) the forms and certificates to be used under the provisions of this Act. (2) All regulations made under this section shall not have any force or effect until they have been approved by the National Assembly and when so approved by resolution shall be published in the Gazette and as from the date of such publication shall have the same force and effect as if they were contained in and formed part of this Act. 17