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SAFETY IN INDUSTRY ACT, 1980
Statutory Text (1 Articles)
SCHEDULE Amendment of Principal Act (Metric Conversion or Provision of Metric Equivalents for Certain Imperial and other Measurements)
Amendment of Principal Act (Metric Conversion or Provision of Metric Equivalents for Certain Imperial and other Measurements)
Section 47.
The Principal Act shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Schedule
1. In both subsections (2) and (4) of section 11 “113 cubic metres (400 cubic feet)” is hereby substituted for “four hundred cubic feet”.
2. In section 11 (4) “71 cubic metres (250 cubic feet)” is hereby substituted for “two hundred and fifty cubic feet”.
3. In section 11 (7) “427 metres (14 feet)” is hereby substituted for “fourteen feet”.
4. In section 12 (2) “1556 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit)” is hereby substituted for “sixty degrees”.
5. In section 30 (1) “4572 millimetres (18 inches)” is hereby substituted for “eighteen inches”.
6. In section 30 (2) “3048 millimetres (12 inches)” is hereby substituted for “twelve inches”.
7. In paragraph (f) of section 34 (1) “127 millimetres ( inch)” is hereby substituted for “half-inch”.
8. In section 35 (7) “6096 metres (20 feet)” is hereby substituted for “twenty feet”.
9. In section 40 (1) (a) (iv) “27 Bars (40 lbs per square inch)” is hereby substituted for “forty pounds per square inch”.
10. In section 44 (7) “14158 cubic metres (5,000 cubic feet)” is hereby substituted for “five thousand cubic feet”.
11. In both subsection (18) (c) and subsection (19) (a) of section 45 “6096 metres (20 feet)” is hereby substituted for “twenty feet”.
12. In section 63 (2) (b) “225 degrees Celsius (72 degrees Fahrenheit)” and “267 degrees Celsius (80 degrees Fahrenheit)” are hereby substituted for “seventy-two and a half degrees” and “eighty degrees”, respectively.
13. In section 63 (2) (d) “1556 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit)” and “11 grams of oxygen per litre (half a gram of oxygen per gallon)” are hereby substituted for “sixty degrees” and “half a gram of oxygen per gallon”, respectively.
14. In section 63 (4) “2.2 degrees Celsius (4 degrees Fahrenheit)” is hereby substituted for “four degrees”.
15. In the definition of “basement bakehouse” contained in section 65 (4) “9144 millimetres (3 feet)” is hereby substituted for “three feet”.
16. The following entry is hereby substituted for the entry contained in the Second Schedule
“TABLE OF HUMIDITY
Dry Bulb
Dry Bulb
Wet Bulb
Wet Bulb
Thermometer Readings
Thermometer Readings
Thermometer Readings
Thermometer Readings
Degrees Fahrenheit
Degrees Fahrenheit
Degrees Celsius
Degrees Celsius
Degrees Fahrenheit
Degrees Fahrenheit
Degrees Celsius
Degrees Celsius
50
50
10.0
10.0
48
48
8.9
8.9
51
51
10.6
10.6
49
49
9.4
9.4
52
52
11.1
11.1
50
50
10.0
10.0
53
53
11.7
11.7
51
51
10.6
10.6
54
54
12.2
12.2
52
52
11.1
11.1
55
55
12.8
12.8
53
53
11.7
11.7
56
56
13.3
13.3
54
54
12.2
12.2
57
57
13.9
13.9
55
55
12.8
12.8
58
58
14.4
14.4
56
56
13.3
13.3
59
59
15.0
15.0
57
57
13.9
13.9
60
60
15.6
15.6
58
58
14.4
14.4
61
61
16.1
16.1
59
59
15.0
15.0
62
62
16.7
16.7
60
60
15.6
15.6
63
63
17.2
17.2
61
61
16.1
16.1
64
64
17.8
17.8
62
62
16.7
16.7
65
65
18.3
18.3
63
63
17.2
17.2
66
66
18.9
18.9
64
64
17.8
17.8
67
67
19.4
19.4
65
65
18.3
18.3
68
68
20.0
20.0
66
66
18.9
18.9
69
69
20.6
20.6
67
67
19.4
19.4
70
70
21.1
21.1
68
68
20.0
20.0
71
71
21.7
21.7
68.5
68.5
20.3
20.3
72
72
22.2
22.2
69
69
20.6
20.6
73
73
22.8
22.8
70
70
21.1
21.1
74
74
23.3
23.3
70.5
70.5
21.4
21.4
75
75
23.9
23.9
71.5
71.5
21.9
21.9
76
76
24.4
24.4
72
72
22.2
22.2
77
77
25.0
25.0
73
73
22.8
22.8
78
78
25.6
25.6
73.5
73.5
23.1
23.1
79
79
26.1
26.1
74.5
74.5
23.6
23.6
80
80
26.7
26.7
75.5
75.5
24.2
24.2
81
81
27.2
27.2
76
76
24.4
24.4
82
82
27.8
27.8
76.5
76.5
24.7
24.7
83
83
28.3
28.3
77.5
77.5
25.3
25.3
84
84
28.9
28.9
78
78
25.6
25.6
85
85
29.4
29.4
79
79
26.1
26.1
86
86
30.0
30.0
80
80
26.7
26.7
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