Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 6
Section 6 of the Factories Act is amended —
by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)any yard (including any dock, wharf, jetty, quay and the precincts thereof) in which ships are constructed, reconstructed, repaired, refitted, finished or broken up;”;
by deleting paragraphs (m) and (n) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(m)any premises used for the storage of gas, including liquified gas, in a container having a storage capacity of not less than 140 cubic metres;
any premises in which persons are employed in or in connection with the generating of electrical energy for supply by way of trade or for purposes of gain;”;
by deleting paragraph (p) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(p)any sewage works in which mechanical power is used and any pumping station used in connection therewith and in which persons are regularly employed;”;
by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (q) of subsection (2) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:“(r)any warehouse in which the business of sorting, packing, handling or storing of articles is carried out;
any premises in which the business of testing, examining or analysing of articles is carried out by way of trade or for purposes of gain or incidentally to the purposes of any factory;
any premises used for the bulk storage of toxic or inflammable liquid (excluding liquified gas) in a container, not being an underground container, that has a storage capacity of not less than 5,000 cubic metres.”; and
by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:“(5) Any ship which is being constructed, reconstructed, repaired, refitted, finished or broken up in the waters adjacent to any factory as defined in section 6(2)(a), by the occupier of that factory or any of his contractors, shall be deemed to be part of that factory.”.