{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1937/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1937/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/67",
  "legislation_title": "Factories Act 1937",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1937",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Ventilation.",
  "text": "(1) Effective and suitable provision shall be made for securing and maintaining by the circulation of fresh air in each workroom the adequate ventilation of the room, and for rendering harmless, so far as practicable, all fumes, dust and other impurities that may be injurious to health generated in the course of any process or work carried on in the factory.\n(2) The Secretary of State may, by regulations prescribe a standard of adequate ventilation for factories or for any class or description of factory or parts thereof.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/67/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:00.484732+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}