White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act 1915 (NSW)

White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act. 119

W U n E PHOSI^HOEUS MATi PIES

PEOniBTTTON A( T.

Act Xo. 1, l91o.

An Act to proliibit the use of wliite phosphorus in George V,

the manufacture of matches ; to prohibit the	No. i.
sale of matches made 'with white jjhosphorus ; to amend the Factories and Shops Act, 1912 ; and for purposes consecpient thereon or incidental thereto. [Assented to, 9th Feb­ ruary, 191.).]

T J E it enacted l)v tlic King’s ]Most Excellent ^Majesty, _ l3 by and witli the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Council and I.egislative Assemlily of Kew South Wales in Earliainent assembled, and hy the authority of the same, as follows :—

1 . This Act may he cited as the “ White Phosphorus siioit title.

iWatches Prohibition Act, lOl.a,” and shall come into opc'ration on the lirst day of .Iiinc, one thousand nine hundr(‘d and fifteen.

2 . In this Act, “ white phosphorus” means the Definitiun.

substance usually known as white or yellow phosphorus.

This definition shall be inserted at the end of section

three of the Factories and Shops Act, 1912.

3 . If any person manufactures or causes to he manu- Penalty for

facturc'd any inatchcs in the manufacture of which

white, phosphorus is used he shall he liable to a pcmalty white

not exceeding twenty pounds. Such penalty may be

recovered in a court of petty sessions, and such court

may, in addition to imposing any such penalty, forfeit

any white phosphorus, or any matches made with the

same, Avhicli are apparenth^ in the possession of the said

person. 4.

120                  White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act.

George V, 4 . If any person sells, or offers or exposes for sale, or

No. 1. lias in his possession for the purposes of sale, any

Forfeiture of	matches made with white phosphorus, he may, on com­
matches made
with white	plaint to a court of petty sessions, be ordered to forfeit
phosphorus.	any such matches in his possession. Any matches so forfeited shall be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the court may think fit.
Amendment

of Factories 5 . The Eactories and Shops Act, 1912, is amended—

and Shops (a) in section one by the insertion after the words

Act, 1912. “ D i v i s i o n 3.— Sanitary arrangements, etc.—

ss. 20-30 ” of the words “ D i v i s i o n 3a.—

White Phosphorus—ss. 30a-30 b ” ; and

(b) by the insertion next after section thirty of the following short heading and sections :—

D ivision 3a.— White Phosphorus.

White	30a . Any factory in which white phosphorus is used in the manufaeture of matches shall be deemed to he a factory not kept in con­ formity with this Act.
phosphorus
factory.
Inspection	30b . The occujiier of a factory in which the manufacture of matches is carried on shall allow an inspector at any time to take for analysis sufficient samples of any material therein in use or mixed for use, and if he refuses to do so he shall he liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds :
and analysis.
Provided that the inspector, at the request of the said occupier, shall divide any such sample into two parts, to he then and there separated, and shall label or mark and seal or fasten up each part in such manner as its nature will permit, and shall deliver one of the said parts to the said occupier, or his agent or servant, and shall retain the other part for analysis.

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