ALKALI, &C. WORKS REGULATION ACT 1906 - SECT 27 Interpretation of terms.

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ALKALI, &C. WORKS REGULATION ACT 1906 - SECT 27

Interpretation of terms.

27.(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

The expression "alkali work" means every work for

(a)the manufacture of sulphate of soda or sulphate of potash, or

(b) the treatment of copper ores by common salt or other chlorides whereby any
sulphate is formed,

in which muriatic acid gas is evolved:

["district council" means a council established under the Local Government Act
(Northern Ireland) 1972;]

[The expression "noxious or offensive gas" includes the following gases and
fumes:

Acetic acid or its anhydride;

Acetylene;

Acrylates;

Aldehydes;

Amines;

Ammonia or its compounds;

Arsenic or its compounds;

Bisulphide of carbon;

Bromine or its compounds;

Carbon monoxide;

Chlorine or its compounds;

Cyanogen compounds;

Di-isocyanates;

Fluorine or its compounds;

Fumaric acid;

Fumes containing aluminium, antimony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, calcium,
chlorine, chromium, copper, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, mercury,
molybdenum, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, silicon, sodium, titanium,
tungsten, uranium, vanadium, zinc or their compounds;

Fumes from benzene works, cement works, paraffin oil works, petroleum works,
or tar works;

Hydrogen chloride;

Hydrogen sulphide;

Iodine or its compounds;

Maleic acid or its anhydride;

Nitric acid or oxides of nitrogen;

Nitriles;

Phthalic acid or its anhydride;

Picolines;

Products containing hydrogen from the partial oxidation of hydrocarbons;

Pyridine;

Smoke, grit and dust;

Sulphuric acid or its anhydride;

Sulphurous acid and sulphur dioxide;

Volatile organic sulphur compounds;]

The expression "owner" includes any lessee, occupier, or any other person
carrying on any work to which this Act applies:

The expression "best practicable means," where used with respect to the
prevention of the escape of noxious and offensive gases, has reference not
only to the provision and the efficient maintenance of appliances adequate for
preventing such escape, but also to the manner in which such appliances are
used and to the proper supervision, by the owner, of any operation in which
such gases are evolved:

The expression "prescribed" means prescribed by the Local Government Board:

Definition rep. by SLR 1927

The expression "central authority" means. ... as regards Ireland the Local
Government Board for Ireland....:

Definition rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

The expression "the Public Health Act" means as regards... Ireland the
Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and includes any enactment amending those
Acts.

(2) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as exempting any work from any of
the provisions of this Act applicable to the work as being a work of a certain
class or description by reason only that the work is subject to other
provisions of this Act as being a work of some other class or description.

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ALKALI, &C. WORKS REGULATION ACT 1906 - SECT 27