# The Health and Safety (Foundries etc.) (Metrication) Regulations 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 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1332/schedule (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-foundries-etc-metrication-regulations-1981/schedule Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.