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Factories Act 1937

Factories Act 1937 s 56

s 56 Lifting excessive weights.

(1) A young person shall not be employed to lift, carry or move any load so heavy as to be likely to cause injury to him. (2) The Secretary of State may make special regulations prescribing the maximum weights which may be lifted, carried or moved by persons employed in factories; and any such regulations may prescribe different weights in different circumstances and may relate either to persons generally or to any class of persons or to persons employed in any class or description of factory or in any process.

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