Factories Act 1961

182 General application to Scotland.E+W+S

(1)The provisions of this section shall, in addition to any express provision for the application to Scotland of any provision of this Act, have effect for the general application of this Act to Scotland.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(3)All matters required by this Act to be published in the London Gazette shall, if they relate to Scotland, be published in the Edinburgh Gazette either in addition or in substitution, as the case may require.

(4)Any offence against this Act for which the maximum penalty that may be imposed does not exceed ten pounds may be prosecuted in any court of summary jurisdiction within the meaning of the M1[F2Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975] having jurisdiction in the place where the offence was committed.

(5), (6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(7)Every person convicted of an offence against this Act may be found liable in expenses.

F4(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5(9) Any powers exercisable by an inspector appointed by a county or town council (or, on or after 16th May 1975, by an islands or district council) under section 19 of the M2 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 shall, for the purposes of their duties under the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, extend to factories within the meaning of that Act. ]

Textual Amendments

F3Ss. 1(5), 2(4), 3(3), 4(2), 5(2), 7(2), 9, 10, 14(3)(4)(6), 17(3)–(5), 18(5)(6), 25(4), 53–55, 58(2)–(4), 59(2)(3), 62, 66, 70, 71, 72(2), 73(2), 76, 81, 83, 121(7), 122(6), 124(2)(3), 129(1), 134, 137(5), 142, 145, 149, 150, 153(3), 159, 164(3), 174(2), 177, 179, 180(5)(7)(8)(10), 181(2), 182(5)(6), Schs. 3, 4 repealed by S.I. 1974/1941, reg. 7, Sch. 1

F5S. 182(9) substituted by S.I. 1974/1941, Sch. 2 para. 14

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