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is so provided as aforesaid, to give such a certificate
accordingly. The certificate shall specify precisely and
in detail the means of escape provided, and shall contain
particulars as to the maximum number of persons employed
or proposed to be employed in the factory as a whole and,
if the fire authority thinks fit, in any specified part thereof,
and as to any explosive or highly inflammable material
stored or used and as to other matters taken into account
in granting the certificate. The certificate shall be attached
by the occupier to the general register and a copy of it
shall be sent by the fire authority to the inspector for the
district and also to the local health authority.

(2) All means of escape specified in the certificate
as aforesaid shall be properly maintained and kept free
from obstruction.

(3) In the case of any factory constructed or con-
verted for use as such before the coming into operation
of this section, no offence shall be deemed to be committed
under this section by reason of the use of the factory
during any period that may elapse between the coming
ito operation of this section and the grant or refusal of
a ceruficate by the fire authority after examining the
factory under this section, and if the fire authority refuses
to grant a certificate in respect of the factory unless
uterations are made, no such offence shall be deemed to
be committed while the alterations are being carried out
in accordance with the requirements of the fire authority.

(+) If, after the grant of a certificate, it is proposed
to make any material extension or material structural
alteration of the factory premises or to increase materially
the number of persons employed in the factory or in any
part specified in the certificate, or to begin to store or
use explosive or highly inflammable material in the factory
or materially to increase the extent of such storage or use,
the occupier shall give notice in writing to the fire authority
of the proposal and also to the local health authority.

(5) If the fire authority on receipt of the notice
mentioned in the last foregoing subsection is of opinion
that the conditions in regard to escape in case of fire will
be affected, or if at any time the fire authority is satisfied
that by reason of changed conditions the existing means

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