Factory and Workshop Act 1895

The Factory and Workshop Act 1895 (58 & 59 Vict. c. 37) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to regulate the conditions, safety, health and wages of people working in factories. It gives an example of the serious problems in UK labour law at the beginning of the 20th century.

Factory and Workshop Act 1895^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend and extend the Law relating to Factories and Workshops.
Citation	58 & 59 Vict. c. 37
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	6 July 1895
Commencement	1 January 1896[b]
Repealed	23 May 1950
Other legislation
Amends	Factory and Workshop Act 1878 Factory and Workshop Act 1883 Factory and Workshop Act 1891 Cotton Cloth Factories Act 1889 Notice of Accidents Act 1894
Amended by	Factory and Workshop Act 1901
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1950
Relates to	Public Health (Ireland) Act 1874 Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6).

See also

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Labour Legislation". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

• History of labour law
• UK labour law
• UK labour law history

Notes

1. Section 56.
2. Section 55.