Section 27
Chief Inspector may make orders in circumstances
of Factories and Machinery Act 1967
(1)
The Chief Inspector may make special orders for the conduct and guidance of persons employed in any service involving the management or operation of, or attendance on, or proximity to, any machinery or process carried on in any factory as appear to him necessary to ensure their safety and health.
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(2)
The occupier shall ensure by all reasonable means that the persons exposed to danger are aware of any such special orders made under subsection (1) and those persons shall observe the said special orders.
(3)
For the purpose of subsection (2) a copy of the Chief Inspector’s special orders printed or written in the appropriate languages and posted in conspicuous places in the vicinity of the machinery or process to which the said special orders refer, so that all persons referred to shall have free access and opportunity to read the same, shall be deemed to constitute reasonable means.