# The Pottery (Health etc.) (Metrication) Regulations 1982 S.I. 1982/877 · made 25 June 1982 These Regulations amend—The Pottery (Health) Special Regulations 1947; andThe Pottery (Health and Welfare) Special Regulations 1950; PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/pottery-health-etc-metrication-regulations-1982/pdf/uksi_19820877_en.pdf ## Introductory text HEALTH AND SAFETY Made 25th June 1982 Laid before Parliament 9th July 1982 Coming into Operation 1st October 1982 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 modification 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 Pottery (Health etc.) (Metrication) Regulations 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1982. (2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “the principal Regulations” mean the Regulations which are amended by Regulation 2 of these Regulations, that is to say:— The Pottery (Health) Special Regulations 1947; The Pottery (Health and Welfare) Special Regulations 1950. ## 2 Amendments to the principal Regulations to substitute metric measurements for imperial and other 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 Amendments to the Abstract of Special Regulations (Pottery—Health and Welfare) Order 1973 In Schedules 1 and 2 of the Abstract of Special Regulations (Pottery—Health and Welfare) Order 1973, which reproduce parts of the Pottery (Health and Welfare) Special Regulations 1950, there shall be substituted for the measurements set out in the relevant entries in the Schedule to these Regulations in column 3 the measurements set out opposite thereto in column 4. ## 4 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 25th June 1982 ## Schedule THE AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS 1 2 3 4 Regulation to be amended Subject matter of measurement Present measurement Measurement to be substituted The Pottery (Health) Special Regulations 1947 Regulation 2 Definition of “low solubility glaze”: temperature at which a weighed quantity of the material has been dried 100 degrees Centigrade 100 degrees Celsius The Pottery (Health and Welfare) Special Regulations 1950 Regulation 2(2) Definition of “low solubility glaze”: temperature at which a weighed quantity of the material has been dried 100 degrees Centigrade 100 degrees Celsius Regulation 6(2)(a)(i) (a) Maximum distance a woman or young person may carry clay, clay dust or clay scraps 50 yards 45 metres (b) Maximum weight a woman or young person may carry 40 lbs 18 kilograms Regulation 6(2)(a)(ii) (a) Maximum distance a woman or young person may carry damp clay 50 yards 45 metres (b) Maximum weight a woman or young person may carry 40 lbs 18 kilograms Regulation 6(6)(a) Maximum weight a woman may lift or carry by herself 30 lbs 13 kilograms Regulation 6(6)(b) Maximum weight a woman may lift or carry in conjunction with any other person 50 lbs 22 kilograms Regulation 6(6)(c) Maximum height above floor level saggars may be lifted by a woman Four feet six inches 1.35 metres Regulation 6(6) (Proviso) Proviso which relates to carrying short distances— (a) Maximum weight a woman may lift or carry by herself 50 lbs 22 kilograms (b) Maximum weight a woman may lift or carry in conjunction with any other person 80 lbs 36 kilograms (c) For the purposes of the proviso, the maximum distance a woman may carry a saggar Six feet 1.8 metres Regulation 6(7) Maximum weight a young person may lift or carry 20 lbs 9 kilograms Regulation 12(2)(c) Maximum intervals above trough at which warm water to be supplied Two feet 600 millimetres Regulation 12(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 12(3)(d) Minimum internal measurement of basin or other receptacle Four feet 1.2 metres Regulation 16(1) (a) Maximum temperature of workroom 75 degrees Fahrenheit 24 degrees Celsius (b) Minimum outside temperature above which proviso applies 65 degrees Fahrenheit 18 degrees Celsius (c) Maximum temperature of workroom 75 degrees Fahrenheit 24 degrees Celsius (d) Maximum interval by which workroom temperature may exceed outside temperature 10 degrees 6 degrees Regulation 16(2) Minimum workroom temperature 55 degrees Fahrenheit 13 degrees Celsius Regulation 16(4) Maximum temperature in oven 115 degrees Fahrenheit 46 degrees Celsius Regulation 17(1)(xix) Exception to use of efficient exhaust draught in lawning of dry colours: maximum amount lawned at a time One ounce 25 grams Regulation 22(b)(i) Minimum floor area to each tile press Seventy square feet 6.5 square metres Regulation 22(b)(ii) Minimum distance between the centres of the dies of any two presses Five feet six inches 1.7 metres Regulation 22(b)(iii) Minimum width of certain gangways Six feet 1.8 metres Regulation 22(c)(i) Minimum floor area to each tile press One hundred and twenty square feet 11 square metres Regulation 22(c)(ii) Minimum distance between the centres of the dies of any two presses Nine feet 2.8 metres Regulation 22(c)(iii) Minimum width of certain gangways Seven feet six inches 2.3 metres Regulation 22(c) (Proviso) (a) Minimum distance between the centres of the dies of presses Six feet six inches 2 metres (b) Minimum width of certain gangways Six feet 1.8 metres Regulation 24(3)(a) Minimum distance of painting from end of board Six inches 150 millimetres Regulation 29(1)(a) Height above which cleaning shall be done once every 14 months Seven feet six inches 2.3 metres Regulation 29(1)(b) Height up to which cleaning shall be done as required Seven feet six inches 2.3 metres ## Explanatory note These Regulations amend— The Pottery (Health) Special Regulations 1947; and The Pottery (Health and Welfare) Special Regulations 1950; by substituting amounts or quantities expressed in metric units for amounts or quantities not so expressed or expressed in metric units of a different description and, by Regulation 3, the Abstract of Special Regulations (Pottery—Health and Welfare) Order 1973 is similarly amended. Regulation 4 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/1982/877 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pottery-health-etc-metrication-regulations-1982 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.