Contents (1962 - 43)
Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962 No 43
Status information

Long title

Part 1 Preliminary

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2 (Repealed)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

Part 2

7–8 (Repealed)

Part 3 Health, safety and welfare in factories, shops and other industries

Division 1 Preliminary

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10–13 (Repealed)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18 (Repealed)

Division 4 Health (factories)

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22 (Repealed)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

Division 5 Safety (factories)

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32 (Repealed)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36 (Repealed)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42 (Repealed)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52, 53 (Repealed)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

Division 10

62–64 (Repealed)

Division 11 Boilers, pressure vessels, engines, refrigerating systems, refrigerated compartments and pressure testing

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

Division 1 Preliminary

74 Definitions

Division 2

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

Divisions 3A, 4

91A–94A (Repealed)

Division 5 Day baking

95 (Repealed)
96 Manufacture of pastry etc at certain times prohibited
97 Exemption
98 (Repealed)

Division 6

99 (Repealed)

Division 7 General

100 Powers of inspectors
101 Divisions 2 and 3 not to apply in certain cases
101A Disclosure of information
102 Regulations

Part 5

103 (Repealed)

Part 6 Regulation of the hairdressing trade

Division 1 Preliminary

104 Definitions

Division 2

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

Division 5 General

112 Regulations
113 Offences
114 Powers of inspectors
114A Disclosure of information

Parts 7–10

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

 Schedule 1

 Schedule 2 Savings, transitional and other provisions

 Schedule 3

 Schedules 3A–5 (Repealed)

Historical notes