Section 49: Power to make regulations for health, safety and welfare.

(1) Where the Minister is satisfied that-
(a) owing to the conditions and circumstances of employment or of the nature of the processes carried on in a factory, provision requires to be made for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons employed or any class of them; or
(b) any manufacture, machinery, plant, equipment or process used in factories is of such nature as to cause risk of bodily injury or be offensive to persons employed or any class of them,
he may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the Labour Act, make such regulations as appear to him to be reasonably practicable and to meet the necessity of the case.
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(2) Regulations so made may apply to all such factories or to any specified class or description of such factories, and may provide for the exemption of any specified class or description of factory either absolutely or subject to conditions.
(3) Regulations so made may without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred in subsection (1) of this section-
(a) prohibit the employment of or modify or limit the hours of employment of, all persons or any class of persons in connection with any manufacture, machinery, plant, equipment, appliance, process or description of manual labour; or
(b) prohibit, limit or control the use of any material or process; or
(c) modify or extend with respect to any class or description of factory any provisions of Parts II, III, IV or this Part of this Act, being provisions imposing requirements as to health, safety or welfare; or
(d) make provision for-
(i) arrangements for preparing or heating and taking meals;
(ii) ambulance and first-aid arrangements;
(iii) rest room;
(iv) the supply and use of seats in workrooms;
(v) the supply of protective clothing; and
(vi) arrangements for the supervision of persons employed, and may impose duties on owners, employed persons and other persons, as well as on occupiers.
(4) The Minister may make regulations in connection with the fees to be paid in respect of any matter or thing done under this Act.