Factory and Workshop Act 1895

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Factory and Workshop Act 1895 [a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act to amend and extend the Law relating to Factories and Workshops.
Citation 58 & 59 Vict. c. 37
Territorial extent  United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent 6 July 1895
Commencement 1 January 1896 [b]
Repealed23 May 1950
Other legislation
Amends
Amended by Factory and Workshop Act 1901
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Factory and Workshop Act 1895 (58 & 59 Vict. c. 37) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to regulate the conditions, safety, health and wages of people working in factories. It gives an example of the serious problems in UK labour law at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6).

See also

Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Labour Legislation". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 56.
  2. ↑ Section 55.

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