(1) In every case where an electrolytic chromium process is carried on, vapour spray or mist shall be prevented from escaping from the bath into the air above the bath or in any other part of the workroom by mechanical exhaust ventilation or other effective means.

(2) In every case the amount of chromic acid or other compounds of chrome expressed as chromic acid detectable in any part of a horizontal plane 0.3 metres above the upper edge of the bath and over the bath shall not exceed a concentration of 0.1 milligrams per cubic metre of air.

(3) Every occupier of an electroplating workshop shall provide and maintain in working condition an approved means of detecting and determining the concentration of chromic acid or other compounds of chrome, expressed as chromic acid, in air.

(4) Where an electrolytic chromium process is carried on in any bath, during all or any part of a week, the occupier shall, during that week, use the approved means to ascertain that the concentration of chromic acid or other compounds of chrome, expressed as chromic acid, in air, is not greater than the concentration specified in subclause (2) of this regulation.

(5) During the taking of such a test, the bath shall be operated within normal limits of temperature, potential, and current, and shall contain a usual load of work. When more than one load is processed on the day of test, the test shall be taken during the processing of the second or subsequent loads.

(6) Immediately after every test, the occupier shall enter in a register kept for this purpose, the following details:

• (a) The date and time of the test:

• (b) The temperature of the electrolyte at the time of the test:

• (c) The potential and current between electrodes at the time of the test:

• (d) The concentration of chromic acid or other compounds of chrome expressed as chromic acid found by the test:

• (e) The name of the person making the test.

(7) If, on any test taken, the concentration of chromic acid or other compounds of chrome expressed as chromic acid is found to exceed the concentration specified in subclause (2) of this regulation, the bath shall not be used for an electrolytic chromium process, until such measures have been taken as are necessary to render the concentration below that specified:

Provided that nothing in this subclause shall apply to the use of the bath in order to take further tests to assess the efficiency of the measures taken.

(8) The register described in subclause (6) of this regulation shall be available during normal working hours for inspection by a Medical Officer, or by an Inspector of Factories, or by an Inspector of Health, or by an officer of the Department of Health holding written authority from the Director-General of Health under section 78 of the Factories Act 1946.

(9) Any of the officers specified in subclause (8) above, may, at any time during normal working hours, make tests to determine the concentration of chromic acid or compounds of chrome, expressed as chromic acid, in air on any premises where an electrolytic chromium process is carried on, and shall enter the results of these tests in the register kept by the occupier.

(1) Every bath containing any strong acid, strong alkali, degreasing fluid, or chromium or cyanide solution and every container in which any poisonous substance is placed shall be prominently marked “DANGER” or “POISON”, or both, as the case may require.

(2) An approved cautionary placard shall be displayed in every room in which there is a bath containing any chromium or cyanide solution.

(1) The washing facilities required to be provided in an electroplating workshop for persons engaged in any electrodepositing process by the Building Regulations 1992 shall include—

• (a) The sanitary facilities required by the building code set out in Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 1992;

• (b) [Revoked]

• (c) A piped supply, of hot and cold water to each basin, section of trough, or shower bath which shall be constantly maintained during working hours and for half an hour thereafter.

(2) [Revoked]

(3) [Revoked]

(4) Nothing in this regulation shall be construed as requiring the washing facilities provided for persons engaged in an electrodepositing process to be kept separate from those provided for other persons working in the workshop.

(1) Subsections (4) and (5) of section 69 of the Factories Act 1946 (which require the provision and furnishing of a suitable room in which persons employed in a factory may have their meals) shall apply in relation to every electroplating workshop, notwithstanding that the number of persons employed therein does not exceed six.

(2) Every room provided in an electroplating workshop in pursuance of the said section 69 shall—

• (a) Have a floor area of not less than 1 square metre for each person who is employed in the workshop (whether or not he is engaged in an electrodepositing process) and who has his meals in the room;

• (b) Be separate from any dressing room provided in pursuance of regulation 14 hereof; and

• (c) Be provided with adequate means for warming food and boiling water, with a sink and an adequate supply of hot and cold water for washing eating utensils and with a cupboard for storing eating utensils.

(1) Protective clothing shall be provided in accordance with the next following subclause for the use of persons engaged in an electrodepositing process, and shall be maintained in good condition.

(2) The clothing to be provided shall consist of the following items, that is to say—

• (a) For each person so engaged, overalls of suitable length and material:

• (b) For each person working at a bath used for the purpose of any electrodepositing process, waterproof boots and an apron made of impermeable material and of suitable length:

• (c) For each person engaged in an electrolytic chromium process or any process involving the use of a corrosive liquid or strong degreaser, loose fitting gloves of rubber or such other material as may be approved and of suitable length:

• (d) For each person engaged in decanting or otherwise handling a strong acid or strong alkali, protective goggles.

(1) No person shall have, prepare, or partake of food or drink in any room containing a bath used for an electrodepositing process or any room where a buffing, polishing, or grinding process is carried out.

(2) Every person engaged in an electrodepositing process shall before eating a meal (other than light refreshment) or before leaving the electroplating workshop remove his protective clothing and wash his hands and forearms, and before taking any light refreshment or any drink shall wash his hands and forearms.

(1) A Medical Officer or any nurse authorised to do so by a Medical Officer of Health may examine the hands, forearms, and nose of every person engaged in working in any room while an electrodepositing process is carried on therein, and the occupier of the workshop shall on being notified of the proposal facilitate the examination.

(2) Where any occupier or any Inspector of Health or Factories has reason to believe that any person engaged in an electrodepositing process is suffering from any condition arising out of his employment or showing symptoms which may reasonably be suspected to be the result of his employment, he shall forthwith notify the Medical Officer of the fact, together with the address of that person and the description and address of the electroplating workshop in question.

(3) Where a Medical Officer considers that any person engaged in an electrodepositing process is or may be suffering from any condition arising out of his employment he may, by notice in writing under his hand, require that person to undergo a medical examination by a medical practitioner at a time and place specified in the notice and to provide a certificate from the medical practitioner as to his fitness for work:

Provided that the Medical Officer may himself conduct the examination and issue a certificate.

(4) No person shall without reasonable cause fail to attend for examination in pursuance of this regulation or to comply with the requirements of a notice thereunder.

(5) No person shall continue to employ in an electrodepositing process any person who, without reasonable cause, fails to attend for examination as aforesaid.

(1) If after examination a Medical Officer considers that a person engaged in an electrodepositing process is suffering from a condition arising out of his employment he may, by notice in writing given to that person and to his employer, if any, suspend that person from engaging in any electrodepositing process specified in the notice.

(2) The Medical Officer shall by like notice remove the suspension when he is satisfied that the health of the person so warrants.

(3) No person shall employ another person, or himself engage, in an electrodepositing process in contravention of a notice of suspension under this regulation.

(1) A notice under regulation 22 hereof to an employer who is the occupier of a factory may be served either by delivering it to any occupier within the meaning of the Factories Act 1946, or by posting it by registered letter addressed to the occupier at the factory.

(2) A notice so posted shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the registered letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.

(3) Every notice so served shall bind every person who by virtue of the definition of the term occupier in section 3 of the Factories Act 1946 is deemed to be an occupier of the factory.

(1) The occupier of an electroplating workshop shall supply a summary of these regulations to each person engaged in an electrodepositing process therein, and shall at all times cause a summary and a copy of the regulations to be exhibited and maintained in some conspicuous place at or near the entrance to every electroplating room and in such other parts of the workshop as an Inspector of Health or of Factories may direct.

(2) Every such summary shall be one prepared and provided by the Director-General of Health, and every such copy shall be one so provided.