# The Factories Act 1961 etc. (Metrication) Regulations 1983, Schedule 3: AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEDULES TO ABSTRACT OF FACTORIES ACT ORDER 1973


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Provision to be amended
Subject-matter of measurement
Present measurement
Measurement to be substituted
The Abstract of Factories Act Order 1973
Schedule 1
Paragraph 2
Minimum amount of cubic space per person employed in a workroom
Four hundred cubic feet
11 cubic metres
Maximum height from floor to be taken into account when calculating cubic space
Fourteen feet
4.2 metres
Paragraph 3
Minimum temperature of workroom after the first hour
60°F
16 degrees Celsius
Paragraph 17
Minimum height of edge of fixed vessel, structure, sump or pit containing scalding, corrosive or poisonous liquid which need not be covered or fenced
Three feet
920 millimetres
Minimum width of ladder, stair or gangway placed above, across or inside any vessel, structure, sump etc.
18 inches
460 millimetres
Minimum height of secure fencing to ladder, stair or gangway
Passage between vessels etc to be barred unless there is
Three feet
920 millimetres
(a) minimum space between vessels or
18 inches
460 millimetres
(b) minimum height of secure fencing
Three feet
920 millimetres
Paragraph 26
Minimum distance between over-head travelling crane and person working near its wheel track
20 feet
6 metres
Paragraph 28
Distance which person will be liable to fall
Six feet six inches
2 metres
Schedule 2
Paragraph 13
Minimum distance between over-head travelling crane and person working near its wheel track
20 feet
6 metres

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/978/schedule/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1961-etc-metrication-regulations-1983/schedule-3
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