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Part IV

(d) after subsection (10) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(10A) This Act shall apply to premises in England occupied by a Board of Governors of a teaching hospital (being a body for the time being specified in an order under section 15(1) of the 1973 c. 12.National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973) as if they were premises occupied by the Crown.”.

(9) In section 43(1) (interpretation) there shall be added at the end the following definition—

“work” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974”.

(10) Schedule 8 (transitional provisions with respect to fire certificates under the 1961 c. 34.
1963 c. 41.Factories Act 1961 or the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963) shall have effect.

Amendment of Companies Acts as to directors’ reports.
1967 c. 81. 79.—(1) The Companies Act 1967 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this section.

(2) In section 16 (additional general matters to be dealt with in directors’ reports) in subsection (1) there shall be added after paragraph (f)—

“(g) in the case of companies of such classes as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State, contain such information as may be so prescribed about the arrangements in force in that year for securing the health, safety and welfare at work of employees of the company and its subsidiaries and for protecting other persons against risks to health or safety arising out of or in connection with the activities at work of those employees.”

(3) After subsection (4) of the said section 16 there shall be added—

“(5) Regulations made under paragraph (g) of subsection (1) above may—

(a) make different provision in relation to companies of different classes;

(b) enable any requirements of the regulations to be dispensed with or modified in particular cases by any specified person or by any person authorised in that behalf by a specified authority;

(c) contain such transitional provisions as the Secretary of State thinks necessary or expedient in connection with any provision made by the regulations.