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Employment Act 1989

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9Repeal or modification of provisions requiring different treatment of different categories of employees

(1)In sections 42(1), 43 and 44 of the [1954 c. 70.] Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (under which winding and rope haulage apparatus and conveyors are to be operated by or under the supervision of competent male persons who have attained the ages there specified), the word “male” shall be omitted wherever occurring.

(2)In section 93 of that Act (prohibition on heavy work by any woman or young person), the words “woman or young” shall be omitted in both places where they occur.

(3)Section 124(1) of that Act (prohibition on employment of woman in job requiring a significant proportion of the employee’s time to be spent underground) shall cease to have effect.

(4)In section 20 of the [1961 c. 34.] Factories Act 1961 (prohibition on cleaning of machinery by any woman or young person), the words “woman or” shall be omitted in both places where they occur.

(5)In section 17 of the [1963 c. 41.] Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 (fencing of exposed parts of machinery)—

(a)subsection (3),

(b)in subsection (4), the words from “, except when any” onwards, and

(c)subsection (5),

shall cease to have effect.

(6)In Schedule 2 to this Act—

(a)the provisions of subordinate legislation listed in Part I (which require different treatment of different categories of employees) shall cease to have effect; and

(b)the provisions of such legislation mentioned in Part II shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified (which assimilate the treatment of different categories of employees).

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