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OFFICES, SHOPS & RAILWAY PREMISES ACT 1963
(a) PREMISES AND GENERAL INSPECTIONS
The number of premises registered, 1572, represents a slight increase during the year and,
although there is a constant need to add to and subtract from the register, it is believed to represent
the majority of premises which need to be registered under the Act. Approximately two thirds of
the registered premises are retail shops.
801 visits of all kinds were made to premises and one third of the registered premises
received general inspections. In addition to verbal notices given to occupiers to rectify defaults in
compliance with the Act, some 24 written notices were served during the year.
(b) ACCIDENTS
40 notifications were received of accidents which had taken place in offices or shops and
which had resulted in the persons being away from work for three or more days. No fatal or severe
accidents were notified; in fact many that were notified were of a fairly trivial nature. 5
accidents were investigated in detail and where necessary recommendations were made but it was
not necessary on any occasion to forward details of accident investigations to H.M. Factory
Inspectorate. It is believed that many accidents resulting in persons being away from work are not
notified under the procedure and occupiers of premises are reminded of this and that failure to
notify is in itself a contravention of the Act.
(c) HOISTS AND LIFTS
The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises (Hoists and Lifts) Regulations 1968 which came
into operation in May 1969 apply safety standards to those hoists or lifts situated in premises to
which the main Act applies.
The attention of four firms has been drawn to infringements and work to remedy them has
been completed or is in hand.
FACTORIES ACT 1961
A. FACTORIES
1. INSPECTIONS for the purpose of provisions of the above Act enforced by this Council
were carried out as follows during the year. Where necessary the attention of the occupiers were
drawn to certain matters either by informal or written notice. In
In no case was it necessary to
institute proceedings for contravention of the Act.