Factories Act 1937
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate, with amendments, the Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901 to 1929, and other enactments relating to factories; and for purposes connected with the purposes aforesaid.
Citation1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 67
Introduced bySir John Simon (Commons)
Territorial extent[b]
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate, with amendments, the Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901 to 1929, and other enactments relating to factories; and for purposes connected with the purposes aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 67 |
| Introduced by | Sir John Simon (Commons) |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 30 July 1937 |
| Commencement | 1 July 1938[c] |
| Repealed | 1 April 1962 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Factories Act 1961 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Factories Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 67) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated, with amendments, the Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901 to 1929, and other enactments relating to factories in Great Britain. The act was introduced to the House of Commons by the Home Secretary, Sir John Simon, on 29 January 1937 and given royal assent on 30 July.[1][2]
Repealed enactments
Section 159(1) of the act repealed 14 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.[3]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 57 & 58 Vict. c. 28 | Notice of Accidents Act 1894 | In paragraph one of the schedule the words "use, working," the words "canal, bridge, tunnel," and the words "or other work authorised by any local or personal Act of Parliament". |
| 57 & 58 Vict. c. 42 | Quarries Act 1894 | In section one, the words "any part of which is more than twenty feet deep"; and section three. |
| 1 Edw. 7. c. 22 | Factory and Workshop Act 1901 | The whole act. |
| 6 Edw. 7. c. 49 | Census of Production Act 1906 | Section ten. |
| 6 Edw. 7. c. 53 | Notice of Accidents Act 1906 | Section four and section five so far as it relates to factories and workshops. |
| 7 Edw. 7. c. 39 | Factory and Workshop Act 1907 | The whole act. |
| 8 Edw. 7. c. 42 | White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act 1908 | The whole act. |
| 6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 31 | Police, Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916 | Sections seven, eight and nine. |
| 10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 62 | Women and Young Persons (Employment in Lead Processes) Act 1920 | The whole act. |
| 13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 42 | Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 | Subsection (1) of section twenty-eight and section twenty-nine. |
| 19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 16 | Factory and Workshop (Cotton Cloth Factories) Act 1929 | The whole act. |
| 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 22 | Hours of Employment (Conventions) Act 1936 | In section two the words "Sections twenty-three to thirty-five of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and" and the words "factories, workshops and". |
| 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 49 | Public Health Act 1936 | In subsection (3) of section forty-four the words "to which section nine of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, applies," in subsection (4) of section forty-five the words "to which section nine of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, applies," in subsection (1) of section forty-six the words "factory, workshop, or" and subsection (5) of that section; in paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section ninety-two the words "factory (not being a factory to which section one of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, applies), workshop, or" and subsection (4) of that section. |
| 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 50 | Public Health (London) Act 1936 | Sections one hundred and thirty and one hundred and thirty-one. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 183(2) of, and the Seventh Schedule to, the Factories Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 34), which came into force on 1 April 1962.[4]
