Section 6 Requirement that new furnaces shall be fitted with plant to arrest grit and dust.C4

Subject to the provisions of this section, no furnace in any building shall be used—

. . . F2, unless the furnace . . . is provided with plant for arresting grit and dust which has been approved by the local authority or which has been installed in accordance with plans and specifications submitted to and approved by the local authority, and that plant is properly maintained and used, and if a furnace . . . is used in contravention of this subsection the occupier of the building . . . shall be guilty of an offence.

Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a furnace . . . which has been installed, the installation of which has been begun, or an agreement for the purchase or installation of which has been entered into, before the appointed day.

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Any person who has applied to the local authority for an approval under this section or is interested in a building . . . with respect to which such an application is made may, if he is dissatisfied with the decision of the authority on the application, appeal to the Minister and the Minister may give any approval which the local authority might have given.

Any approval given by the Minister . . . F4 subsection (4) of this section shall have the like effect as an approval of the local authority.