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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pottery-health-etc-metrication-regulations-1982/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1982/877",
  "legislation_title": "The Pottery (Health etc.) (Metrication) Regulations 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pottery-health-etc-metrication-regulations-1982",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "THE",
  "heading": "AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS",
  "text": "1\n2\n3\n4\nRegulation to be amended\nSubject matter of measurement\nPresent measurement\nMeasurement to be substituted\nThe Pottery (Health) Special Regulations 1947\nRegulation 2\nDefinition of “low solubility glaze”: temperature at which a weighed quantity of the material has been dried\n100 degrees Centigrade\n100 degrees Celsius\nThe Pottery (Health and Welfare) Special Regulations 1950\nRegulation 2(2)\nDefinition of “low solubility glaze”: temperature at which a weighed quantity of the material has been dried\n100 degrees Centigrade\n100 degrees Celsius\nRegulation 6(2)(a)(i)\n(a) Maximum distance a woman or young person may carry clay, clay dust or clay scraps\n50 yards\n45 metres\n(b) Maximum weight a woman or young person may carry\n40 lbs\n18 kilograms\nRegulation 6(2)(a)(ii)\n(a) Maximum distance a woman or young person may carry damp clay\n50 yards\n45 metres\n(b) Maximum weight a woman or young person may carry\n40 lbs\n18 kilograms\nRegulation 6(6)(a)\nMaximum weight a woman may lift or carry by herself\n30 lbs\n13 kilograms\nRegulation 6(6)(b)\nMaximum weight a woman may lift or carry in conjunction with any other person\n50 lbs\n22 kilograms\nRegulation 6(6)(c)\nMaximum height above floor level saggars may be lifted by a woman\nFour feet six inches\n1.35 metres\nRegulation 6(6) (Proviso)\nProviso which relates to carrying short distances—\n(a) Maximum weight a woman may lift or carry by herself\n50 lbs\n22 kilograms\n(b) Maximum weight a woman may lift or carry in conjunction with any other person\n80 lbs\n36 kilograms\n(c) For the purposes of the proviso, the maximum distance a woman may carry a saggar\nSix feet\n1.8 metres\nRegulation 6(7)\nMaximum weight a young person may lift or carry\n20 lbs\n9 kilograms\nRegulation 12(2)(c)\nMaximum intervals above trough at which warm water to be supplied\nTwo feet\n600 millimetres\nRegulation 12(3)(a)\n(a) Definition of “unit” in terms of length of trough\nTwo feet\n600 millimetres\n(b) Definition of “unit” in terms of section of circumference of trough\nTwo feet\n600 millimetres\nRegulation 12(3)(d)\nMinimum internal measurement of basin or other receptacle\nFour feet\n1.2 metres\nRegulation 16(1)\n(a) Maximum temperature of workroom\n75 degrees Fahrenheit\n24 degrees Celsius\n(b) Minimum outside temperature above which proviso applies\n65 degrees Fahrenheit\n18 degrees Celsius\n(c) Maximum temperature of workroom\n75 degrees Fahrenheit\n24 degrees Celsius\n(d) Maximum interval by which workroom temperature may exceed outside temperature\n10 degrees\n6 degrees\nRegulation 16(2)\nMinimum workroom temperature\n55 degrees Fahrenheit\n13 degrees Celsius\nRegulation 16(4)\nMaximum temperature in oven\n115 degrees Fahrenheit\n46 degrees Celsius\nRegulation 17(1)(xix)\nException to use of efficient exhaust draught in lawning of dry colours: maximum amount lawned at a time\nOne ounce\n25 grams\nRegulation 22(b)(i)\nMinimum floor area to each tile press\nSeventy square feet\n6.5 square metres\nRegulation 22(b)(ii)\nMinimum distance between the centres of the dies of any two presses\nFive feet six inches\n1.7 metres\nRegulation 22(b)(iii)\nMinimum width of certain gangways\nSix feet\n1.8 metres\nRegulation 22(c)(i)\nMinimum floor area to each tile press\nOne hundred and twenty square feet\n11 square metres\nRegulation 22(c)(ii)\nMinimum distance between the centres of the dies of any two presses\nNine feet\n2.8 metres\nRegulation 22(c)(iii)\nMinimum width of certain gangways\nSeven feet six inches\n2.3 metres\nRegulation 22(c) (Proviso)\n(a) Minimum distance between the centres of the dies of presses\nSix feet six inches\n2 metres\n(b) Minimum width of certain gangways\nSix feet\n1.8 metres\nRegulation 24(3)(a)\nMinimum distance of painting from end of board\nSix inches\n150 millimetres\nRegulation 29(1)(a)\nHeight above which cleaning shall be done once every 14 months\nSeven feet six inches\n2.3 metres\nRegulation 29(1)(b)\nHeight up to which cleaning shall be done as required\nSeven feet six inches\n2.3 metres",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/877/schedule",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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