Registration of existing factories

(1) Not later than fourteen days after the date of the coming into operation of this Act, every person who is the owner, manager or person having the control of any existing factory, shall apply to the Chief Factory Inspector to have such factory registered as an existing factory, Provided that in the case of any existing factory the erection of which is not completed at the date of the coming into force of this Act, the Chief Factory Inspector may extend the time for application for such further period not exceeding ten weeks, as he may think fit. (2) Every application under subsection (1) of this section, shall be made in writing, and shall set out the following particulars, (a) the name of the owner of the factory to which the application relates; 10 (b) the address and location of the factory; (c) the nature and the objects of the process of manufacture carried on at the factory; (d) the nature of the mechanical power used in the factory for the purpose of carrying on such process; and (e) the number of employees employed in the factory at the date of the application or, if such number is not the number normally employed when the factory is engaged in the industrial or manufacturing process carried on therein, the number of employees normally employed when the factory is so engaged. (3) Upon receipt of an application under this section, the Chief Factory Inspector shall cause the factory to which the application relates to be inspected. (4) If the Chief Factory Inspector, after inspection, considers either, (a) that any part of the ways, works, machinery or plant used in a factory is in such a condition, or is so constructed or so placed, that it cannot be used without imminent risk of bodily injury to any person; or (b) that any process or work is carried on, or that anything is or has been done in any factory, in such a manner as to cause imminent risk of bodily injury to any person, he may refuse registration until such steps have been taken as are, in his opinion, necessary to remove the danger complained of. 11 (5) If after inspection the Chief Factory Inspector is satisfied that no grounds exist for refusing registration, he shall, upon payment of the prescribed fees, cause the factory to be registered and a certificate of registration in the prescribed form to be issued to the owner, manager or person having the control of the factory. (6) Any person who is aggrieved by the refusal of the Chief Factory Inspector to grant a certificate of registration in accordance with the provisions of this section, may, within twenty-one days of such refusal, appeal to the Board as provided for by any rules. (7) On the hearing of any such appeal, the Board shall, unless it is satisfied that the factory does not comply with the requirements of the Chief Factory Inspector, direct the Chief Factory Inspector to register the factory, and the Chief Factory Inspector shall register the factory. (8) The Board may make such order for the payment of the costs of the appeal as it may in its discretion think fit.