| Sections 4 to 23 | General provisions relating to the health, safety and welfare of employees. |
| Section 27 | Penalization of dangerous acts and interference with equipment, &c. |
| Section 28 | Provision of means of escape in case of fire. |
| Section 29(1) and (3) to (11) | Fire precautions: certification of certain premises by appropriate authority before persons are employed to work therein. |
| Section 30 | Maintenance of means of escape in case of fire, and inspection by appropriate authority. |
| Section 31 | Right of appeal against matters arising out of sections 29 and 30. |
| Section 32 | Power of magistrates' courts and sheriffs to make orders for putting down dangerous conditions in regard to means of escape in case of fire. |
| Section 33 | Safety provisions in case of fire. |
| Section 34 | Fire alarms. |
| Section 35 | Power of Minister of Labour to make regulations with respect to means of escape in case of fire. |
| Section 36 | Employees to be made familiar with means of escape in case of fire. |
| Section 37 | Fire prevention. |
| Section 38 | Provision of fire-fighting equipment. |
| Section 41 | Duty of fire authority to consult local building authority before requiring alterations. |
| Section 42(2) to (10) and (12) to (16) | Special provisions with respect to buildings in single ownership of which a part consists of premises to which the Act applies. |
| Section 43(2) to (8), (9)(b) and (c) and (10) to (14) | Special provisions with respect to buildings plurally owned of which a part consists of premises to which the Act applies. |
| Section 44 | Provisions with respect to contiguous fuel storage premises in single ownership. |
| Section 45 | Power of Minister of Labour to grant exemptions from certain requirements of the Act. |
| Section 47 | Prohibition of levying of charges on employees for things done in compliance with the Act. |
| Section 48 | Notification of accidents. |
| Section 50 | Information for employees. |
| Section 76(2) and (3) | Amendment of Public Health Act 1936. |
| Section 77 | Exclusion of application of sections 128 and 129 of Public Health (London) Act 1936. |
| Section 83(1) (except in so far as it relates to section 24 of the Act), (3) (except as already in operation), (6) and (7) | Application of the Act to the Crown. |
| Section 84 | Exclusion of application of the Act to visiting forces. |
| Section 91(4) and Schedule 2 | Repeal of enactments. |