3. Amendment of section 2 of the principal enactment
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Section 2 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—
in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution for the words “registered and licensed in accordance,”
of the words “registered in accordance” ;
in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution for the words “registration and licensing required”, of the words “registration required” ;
by the repeal of subsection (3) thereof, and the substitution of the following subsections therefor :—
‘(3) on and after the notified date no person shall commence—
the construction of a factory building on any site ; or
the making of any extension to any factory building ; or
the conversion of any other building into a factory building, unless the plans for such construction, extension or conversion, as the case may be, has been approved by the Chief Factory
Inspecting Engineer or the District Factory
Inspecting Engineer.
Where approval under subsection (3) is not granted, the Chief Factory Inspecting Engineer or the District Factory Inspecting Engineer, as the case may be, shall inform in writing, the applicant the reasons therefor.”;
by the renumbering of subsection (4) of that section as subsection (5) of that section ;
in the marginal note of that section, by the substitution for the words “Registration and licensing of factories”., of the words “Registration of factories”.