# The Health and Safety (Foundries etc.) (Metrication) Regulations 1981 S.I. 1981/1332 · made 14 September 1981 These Regulations amend—The Blasting (Castings and Other Articles) Special Regulations 1949;The Iron and Steel Foundries Regulations 1953; andThe Non-Ferrous Metals (Melting and Founding) Regulations 1962; PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-foundries-etc-metrication-regulations-1981/pdf/uksi_19811332_en.pdf ## Introductory text HEALTH AND SAFETY Made 14th September 1981 Laid before Parliament 23rd September 1981 Coming into Operation 1st December 1981 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 49(1), (2), and (4) and 82(3)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:— ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation (1) These Regulations may be cited as The Health and Safety (Foundries etc.) (Metrication) Regulations 1981 and shall come into operation on 1st December 1981. (2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “the principal Regulations” mean the Regulations to be amended by these Regulations, that is to say— The Blasting (Castings and Other Articles) Special Regulations 1949; The Iron and Steel Foundries Regulations 1953; The Non-Ferrous Metals (Melting and Founding) Regulations 1962. ## 2 Amendment to the principal Regulations to substitute metric measurements for imperial measurements The provisions of the principal Regulations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations in column 1 shall be amended by substituting for the measurements set out opposite thereto in column 3 the measurements set out in the corresponding entry in column 4. ## 3 Application to existing premises and plant or premises and plant under construction Where any premises or plant in existence or under construction immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations complied with the requirements of the principal Regulations as then in force, those premises or that plant shall be deemed to comply with the principal Regulations as amended by these Regulations. ## Signature Signed by order of the Secretary of State. David Waddington Joint Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State Department of Employment 14th September 1981 ## Schedule THE AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS 1 2 3 4 Regulation to be amended Subject matter of measurement Present measurement Measurement to be substituted The Blasting (Castings and other Articles) Special Regulations 1949 Regulation 12(3) Minimum rate at which clean air to be supplied to helmet six cubic feet per minute 170 litres per minute Regulation 17(2) Minimum distance from blasting enclosure twenty feet 6 metres The Iron and Steel Foundries Regulations 1953 Regulation 5 (a) Distance from spout of cupola or furnace within which work not to be carried out twelve feet 4 metres (b) Distance from ladle within which work not to be carried out eight feet 2.4 metres Regulation 6(1)(c) Minimum width of certain gangways three feet 920 millimetres Regulation 6(1)(d)(i) Minimum amount gangways shall be wider than overall width of ladle two feet 600 millimetres Regulation 6(1)(d)(ii) Minimum width of certain gangways three feet 920 millimetres Regulation 6(1)(d)(iii) Minimum width of certain gangways four feet 1.2 metres Regulation 6(1)(d)(iv) Minimum width of certain gangways six feet 1.8 metres Regulation 6(2)(a)(iii) Minimum width of pouring aisles eighteen inches 460 millimetres Regulation 6(2)(b)(ii) Minimum width of pouring aisles eighteen inches 460 millimetres Non-Ferrous Metals (Melting and Founding) Regulations 1962 Regulation 2(2) Definition of “degrees” degrees Fahrenheit degrees Celsius Regulation 10(1)(a) (a) Minimum width of pouring aisles eighteen inches 460 millimetres (b) Minimum height of moulds above floor twenty inches 510 millimetres (c) Minimum width of pouring aisles when moulds alongside are more than minimum height above the floor twenty-four inches 600 millimetres Regulation 10(1)(b) Minimum width of pouring aisles thirty inches 760 millimetres Regulation 10(2)(a) Minimum width of certain gangways three feet 920 millimetres Regulation 10(2)(c)(i) Minimum amount gangways shall be wider than overall width of ladle two feet 600 millimetres Regulation 10(2)(c)(ii) Minimum width of certain gangways four feet 1.2 metres Regulation 10(2)(c)(iii) Minimum width of certain gangways six feet 1.8 metres Regulation 14 (a) Minimum room temperature fifty degrees 10 degrees (b) Maximum outside temperature at which proviso applies thirty degrees −1 degree (c) Minimum amount by which room temperature should exceed outside temperature twenty degrees 11 degrees Regulation 15(2)(c) Maximum interval at which taps or jets to be fitted to trough two feet 600 millimetres Regulation 15(3)(a) (a) Definition of “unit” in terms of length of trough two feet 600 millimetres (b) Definition of “unit” in terms of section of circumference of trough two feet 600 millimetres Regulation 15(3)(c) Minimum internal measurement of basin or other receptacle four feet 1.2 metres Regulation 17 Minimum height to which walls are to be cleaned fourteen feet 4.2 metres ## Explanatory note These Regulations amend— The Blasting (Castings and Other Articles) Special Regulations 1949; The Iron and Steel Foundries Regulations 1953; and The Non-Ferrous Metals (Melting and Founding) Regulations 1962; by substituting amounts or quantities expressed in metric units for amounts or quantities not so expressed. The substituted amounts preserve the effect of the original provisions except to the extent necessary to obtain amounts expressed in convenient and suitable terms. Regulation 3 provides that the amendments do not relate to premises or plant in existence or under construction immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations if those premises or that plant complied with the then existing Regulations. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1332 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-foundries-etc-metrication-regulations-1981 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.