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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offices-shops-and-railway-premises-act-1963-commencement-no1-order-1964/schedule-1/part-III",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1964/191",
  "legislation_title": "The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 (Commencement No.1) Order 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offices-shops-and-railway-premises-act-1963-commencement-no1-order-1964",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/III",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "PROVISIONS COMING INTO OPERATION ON 1ST AUGUST 1964",
  "text": "Provisions of the Act\nSubject matter of provisions\nSections 4 to 23\nGeneral provisions relating to the health, safety and welfare of employees.\nSection 27\nPenalization of dangerous acts and interference with equipment, &c.\nSection 28\nProvision of means of escape in case of fire.\nSection 29(1) and (3) to (11)\nFire precautions: certification of certain premises by appropriate authority before persons are employed to work therein.\nSection 30\nMaintenance of means of escape in case of fire, and inspection by appropriate authority.\nSection 31\nRight of appeal against matters arising out of sections 29 and 30.\nSection 32\nPower of magistrates' courts and sheriffs to make orders for putting down dangerous conditions in regard to means of escape in case of fire.\nSection 33\nSafety provisions in case of fire.\nSection 34\nFire alarms.\nSection 35\nPower of Minister of Labour to make regulations with respect to means of escape in case of fire.\nSection 36\nEmployees to be made familiar with means of escape in case of fire.\nSection 37\nFire prevention.\nSection 38\nProvision of fire-fighting equipment.\nSection 41\nDuty of fire authority to consult local building authority before requiring alterations.\nSection 42(2) to (10) and (12) to (16)\nSpecial provisions with respect to buildings in single ownership of which a part consists of premises to which the Act applies.\nSection 43(2) to (8), (9)(b) and (c) and (10) to (14)\nSpecial provisions with respect to buildings plurally owned of which a part consists of premises to which the Act applies.\nSection 44\nProvisions with respect to contiguous fuel storage premises in single ownership.\nSection 45\nPower of Minister of Labour to grant exemptions from certain requirements of the Act.\nSection 47\nProhibition of levying of charges on employees for things done in compliance with the Act.\nSection 48\nNotification of accidents.\nSection 50\nInformation for employees.\nSection 76(2) and (3)\nAmendment of Public Health Act 1936.\nSection 77\nExclusion of application of sections 128 and 129 of Public Health (London) Act 1936.\nSection 83(1) (except in so far as it relates to section 24 of the Act), (3) (except as already in operation), (6) and (7)\nApplication of the Act to the Crown.\nSection 84\nExclusion of application of the Act to visiting forces.\nSection 91(4) and Schedule 2\nRepeal of enactments.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1964/191/schedule/1/part/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T00:10:49.317664+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."
}