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| Name: | Factories Act [No. 2 of 1966] (Cap. 441). |
| Country: | Zambia |
| Subject(s): | Occupational safety and health |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1966 |
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| ISN: | ZMB-1966-L-65341 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=65341&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation on-line  Zambia Legal Information Institute (ZambiaLII) PDF of Act as consolidated to Act No. 13 of 1994 (consulted on 2014-01-16)Legislation on-line Zambia Laws PDF of Act as consolidated to Act No. 13 of 1994 with Subsidary Regulations (consulted on 2014-01-16) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Part I: Preliminary (definitions and interpretation). Part II: Administration (appointment and powers of inspectors, duty to assist them, etc.). Part III: Registration of Factories. Part IV: Appeals. Part V: Health: General Provisions (cleanliness, overcrowding, ventilation, lighting, sanitary conveniences, medical supervision). Part VI: Safety: General Provisions (prime movers, transmission and other machinery, fencing, dangerous substances, safety training, prevention of explosion and fire, safety arrangements, etc.). Part VII: Safety: Lifting Machinery. Part VIII: Safety: Steam Boilers, etc. Part IX: Welfare: General Provisions (drinking water, washing facilities, change rooms, first aid, etc.). Part X: Health, Safety and Welfare: Special Provisions (prevention of inhalation of dust or fumes, protective equipment, powers of inspectors, etc.). Part XI: Notification and Investigation of Accidents, Dangerous Occurences and Industrial Diseases. Part XII: Special Applications and Extensions (tenement factories, building operations, mines, etc.). Part XIII: Miscellaneous (periodical return of persons employed, registers and records, prohibition of deductions from wages). Part IV: Offences, Penalties and Legal Proceedings. Part XV: General (penalties and regulations). Schedule I: Dangerous Occurences. Schedule II: Industrial Diseases. |
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