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Shops Act, 1950, Part II, Section 17(1)—Conditions of Employment.
Provisions as to assistants' half-holiday. Letters of warning were sent
to the occupiers of 6 shops where assistants were found working during the
occasion of their weekly half-holiday.
Shops Act, 1950, Part IV—Sunday Trading.
Thirty-seven shops were visited in addition to supervisory operations
and observations. Three contraventions were discovered; a letter of warning
was sent in each case. Registers required to be kept under this Act were
inspected periodically.
Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1938.
Cinemas and Boot and Shoe Repairing are the only occupations where
young persons are being employed under the above Act. The Registers kept
at these premises were perodically inspected.
Middlesex County Council Act, 1944-1950—Street Trading.
Under the provisions of the Byelaws made by the Council under the
above Acts, five letters of warning were sent for contraventions of certain
provisions of the Byelaws. three to licensed street traders and two to unlicensed
street traders, of whom one was a boy of 14 years of age. Particulars
of this case were submitted to the Middlesex County Council.
In three other cases legal proceedings were instituted and fines amounting
to £2 10s. Od. and costs of £3 3s. Od. were imposed.
The inspection of shops, stalls and other traders' premises coming within
the scope of the Acts has been carried out throughout the year, including
Sundays and evenings.
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952.
The above-named Act came into operation on the 23rd March, 1953.
Regulations made thereunder which came into operation on 1st October,
1953, require fireguards to be fitted to gas fires, electric fires and oil heaters.
Standards of construction and fitting for guards and the tests to be employed
are set out in the Schedule and the necessary apparatus for testing the guards
has been obtained.
Under Regulations 5, heating appliances, other than imported appliances,
manufactured before the date of the coming into operation of the Regulations
and not fitted with the requisite guard may be sold or let until the end of
September, 1954.
The Shops Act Inspector has been appointed the Authorised Officer under
the Act.
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