1 Name of Act and commencement
2 (Repealed)
3 Repeals and savings
4 Definitions
5 Extension of this Act and exemptions therefrom
6 Construction and application
6A Part 3 to bind the Crown
7–8 (Repealed)
Part 3 Health, safety and welfare in factories, shops and other industries
9 Definitions
9A Fees to be paid into WorkCover Authority Fund
Division 2 Registration of factories and control of building operations
10–13 (Repealed)
14 Service of notice by Authority in respect of certain buildings, alterations etc
Division 3 Records and notices (factories)
15 Registers and records
16 Documents to be exhibited
17 Registers etc to be in English
18 (Repealed)
19 Cleanliness and painting of factories
20 Sanitary conveniences
21 Avoidance of infection
22 (Repealed)
23 Air space, temperature and ventilation
24 Lighting
25 Sanitation and hygiene in bakehouses
26 Exemptions
27 Dangerous machinery to be fenced
28 Transmission machinery
29 Construction, sale and use of new machinery
30 Space between machines and fixed structures
31 Fencing of stock-bars and materials
32 (Repealed)
33 Lifts and openings
34 Floors, passages and stairs
35 Storage and transport of hot and corrosive substances
36 (Repealed)
37 Guarding of steam pipes
38 Stacking of materials
39 Dangerous containers
40 Safety of working places and means of access
41 Protection from fumes etc
42 (Repealed)
43 Precautions against explosion
44 Training and supervision of persons working at machines
44A Electrical hazards
45 Means of escape from and extinguishing fires
46 Use of white phosphorus
47 Exemptions from compliance
Division 6 Notification of accidents and diseases occurring in factories
48 Notice to be given of accidents and diseases
Division 7 Employment of women and young persons in factories
49 Employment of children and young persons in factories
50 Employment of females in factories
51 Employment of young persons in connection with machinery
52, 53 (Repealed)
54 Employment of young persons at night
55 Power to make regulations—young persons
56 Saving of rights under awards etc
Division 8 Welfare (factories)
57 Supply of drinking water
58 Washing facilities
59 Sitting accommodation
60 First-aid
Division 9 Application of certain provisions to shops
61 Application of certain provisions to shops
62–64 (Repealed)
65 Power to make regulations
65A Pressure testing
Division 12 Rural and local government industries
66 Power to make regulations
67 Guards to be provided for chaff-cutting machines
Division 13 Regulations and orders
68 Regulations
69 Orders
Division 14 Duties of occupiers and other persons
70 Duties of occupiers
71 Duties of parents and guardians of young persons
72 (Repealed)
Division 15 Powers of inspectors
73 Powers of entry of inspectors appointed under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983
Part 4 Restriction of hours of trade or work in certain industries
74 Definitions
75–77 (Repealed)
Division 3 Opening and closing hours of shops and warehouses
78 Definitions and application
78A Exemption from provisions of this Division
78AA Reviews by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
78B Small shops
79 (Repealed)
79A Premium rates of pay for Saturday afternoons
80–81A (Repealed)
82 Closing time of mixed shops
83 (Repealed)
84 Trading hours of shops on Sunday
85 Trading on public holidays
86 Offences
87 Penalty for publishing certain statements
88 Division not to apply to sale of books etc at ferry bookstalls
88A Art and handicraft galleries
89 Power of suspension in certain cases
89A Sale of medicinal or surgical goods
89B Exemption of holiday resorts
89C Hairdresser’s shops at transport terminals
89D Sale of sporting requisites
89E (Repealed)
90 Defences
90A (Repealed)
91 Leases of shops and warehouses
91A–94A (Repealed)
95 (Repealed)
96 Manufacture of pastry etc at certain times prohibited
97 Exemption
98 (Repealed)
99 (Repealed)
100 Powers of inspectors
101 Divisions 2 and 3 not to apply in certain cases
101A Disclosure of information
102 Regulations
103 (Repealed)
Part 6 Regulation of the hairdressing trade
104 Definitions
105, 106 (Repealed)
Division 3 Licensing of hairdressers
107 Exemption from application of Division
108 Hairdressers to be licensed
109 Grant, refusal, cancellation or suspension of licence
110 Qualifications for licences
Division 4 Teachers of the trade of hairdressing
111 Teachers of trade of hairdressing
112 Regulations
113 Offences
114 Powers of inspectors
114A Disclosure of information
115–143 (Repealed)
Part 11 Miscellaneous provisions
144 Regulations
145 Proceedings
145A Failure to pay penalty etc is offence
145B Payment of certain penalties enforceable as a debt
146 Service of order, notice or summons
147 Penalties
148 Evidentiary provisions
149 Contracting out
150 Power to revoke or vary notices etc
151 Penalty for forging certificate etc and false declaration
152 Penalty for destroying notices etc
152A Performance of Director-General’s functions
153 Provisions consequent on the enactment of the Factories, Shops and Industries (Amendment) Act 1989
154 Savings, transitional and other provisions