
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Pottery (Health etc.) (Metrication) Regulations 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1982.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “the principal Regulations” mean the Regulations which are amended by Regulation 2 of these Regulations, that is to say:— 
 The Pottery (Health) Special Regulations 1947;
 The Pottery (Health and Welfare) Special Regulations 1950.
2 
The provisions of the principal Regulations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations in column 1 shall be amended by substituting for the measurements set out opposite thereto in column 3 the measurements set out in the corresponding entry in column 4.
3 
In Schedules 1 and 2 of the Abstract of Special Regulations (Pottery—Health and Welfare) Order 1973, which reproduce parts of the Pottery (Health and Welfare) Special Regulations 1950, there shall be substituted for the measurements set out in the relevant entries in the Schedule to these Regulations in column 3 the measurements set out opposite thereto in column 4.
4 
Where any premises or plant in existence or under construction immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations complied with the requirements of the principal Regulations as then in force, those premises or that plant shall be deemed to comply with the principal Regulations as amended by these Regulations.
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
David Waddington
Joint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Employment
25th June 1982
THE SCHEDULE
Regulations 2 and 3


1 2 3 4
Regulation to be amended Subject matter of measurement Present measurement Measurement to be substituted
The Pottery (Health) Special Regulations 1947
Regulation 2 Definition of “low solubility glaze”: temperature at which a weighed quantity of the material has been dried 100 degrees Centigrade 100 degrees Celsius
The Pottery (Health and Welfare) Special Regulations 1950
Regulation 2(2) Definition of “low solubility glaze”: temperature at which a weighed quantity of the material has been dried 100 degrees Centigrade 100 degrees Celsius
Regulation 6(2)(a)(i) (a) Maximum distance a woman or young person may carry clay, clay dust or clay scraps 50 yards 45 metres
 (b) Maximum weight a woman or young person may carry 40 lbs 18 kilograms
Regulation 6(2)(a)(ii) (a) Maximum distance a woman or young person may carry damp clay 50 yards 45 metres
 (b) Maximum weight a woman or young person may carry 40 lbs 18 kilograms
Regulation 6(6)(a) Maximum weight a woman may lift or carry by herself 30 lbs 13 kilograms
Regulation 6(6)(b) Maximum weight a woman may lift or carry in conjunction with any other person 50 lbs 22 kilograms
Regulation 6(6)(c) Maximum height above floor level saggars may be lifted by a woman Four feet six inches 1.35 metres
Regulation 6(6) (Proviso) Proviso which relates to carrying short distances—
 (a) Maximum weight a woman may lift or carry by herself 50 lbs 22 kilograms
 (b) Maximum weight a woman may lift or carry in conjunction with any other person 80 lbs 36 kilograms
 (c) For the purposes of the proviso, the maximum distance a woman may carry a saggar Six feet 1.8 metres
Regulation 6(7) Maximum weight a young person may lift or carry 20 lbs 9 kilograms
Regulation 12(2)(c) Maximum intervals above trough at which warm water to be supplied Two feet 600 millimetres
Regulation 12(3)(a) (a) Definition of “unit” in terms of length of trough Two feet 600 millimetres
 (b) Definition of “unit” in terms of section of circumference of trough Two feet 600 millimetres
Regulation 12(3)(d) Minimum internal measurement of basin or other receptacle Four feet 1.2 metres
Regulation 16(1) (a) Maximum temperature of workroom 75 degrees Fahrenheit 24 degrees Celsius
 (b) Minimum outside temperature above which proviso applies 65 degrees Fahrenheit 18 degrees Celsius
 (c) Maximum temperature of workroom 75 degrees Fahrenheit 24 degrees Celsius
 (d) Maximum interval by which workroom temperature may exceed outside temperature 10 degrees 6 degrees
Regulation 16(2) Minimum workroom temperature 55 degrees Fahrenheit 13 degrees Celsius
Regulation 16(4) Maximum temperature in oven 115 degrees Fahrenheit 46 degrees Celsius
Regulation 17(1)(xix) Exception to use of efficient exhaust draught in lawning of dry colours: maximum amount lawned at a time One ounce 25 grams
Regulation 22(b)(i) Minimum floor area to each tile press Seventy square feet 6.5 square metres
Regulation 22(b)(ii) Minimum distance between the centres of the dies of any two presses Five feet six inches 1.7 metres
Regulation 22(b)(iii) Minimum width of certain gangways Six feet 1.8 metres
Regulation 22(c)(i) Minimum floor area to each tile press One hundred and twenty square feet 11 square metres
Regulation 22(c)(ii) Minimum distance between the centres of the dies of any two presses Nine feet 2.8 metres
Regulation 22(c)(iii) Minimum width of certain gangways Seven feet six inches 2.3 metres
Regulation 22(c) (Proviso) (a) Minimum distance between the centres of the dies of presses Six feet six inches 2 metres
 (b) Minimum width of certain gangways Six feet 1.8 metres
Regulation 24(3)(a) Minimum distance of painting from end of board Six inches 150 millimetres
Regulation 29(1)(a) Height above which cleaning shall be done once every 14 months Seven feet six inches 2.3 metres
Regulation 29(1)(b) Height up to which cleaning shall be done as required Seven feet six inches 2.3 metres