WORK PLACES (EXTENSION OF DEFINITION) [ S.L.424.02 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 424.02 WORK PLACES (EXTENSION OF DEFINITION) ORDER* 7th September, 1953 GOVERNMENT NOTICE 497 of 1953 and LEGAL NOTICES 44 of 1960, 73 and 95 of 1968, 33 of 1976 and 49 of 1982, as amended by Acts XXVII of 2000 and XXXIII of 2024, consolidated. 1. The title of this Order is the Work Places (Extension of Definition) Order. Title. Amended by: XXVII. 2000.39. 2. The premises and places referred to in the Schedule shall be considered work places to which the Health and Safety at Work Act applies. Extension of definition. Amended by: XXVII. 2000.39. XXXIII.2024. First Schedule. Cap. 646. SCHEDULE (Article 2) 1. All docks, wharves and quays in any harbour in Malta and its Dependencies and all ships either therein or thereat or anywhere else within the territorial waters of Malta and its Dependencies, in each case while the processes of loading and unloading, or of moving and handling goods or of coaling are in progress or are being commenced or terminated. G.N. 497 of 1953. 2. Any premises or open-air spaces where the work of quarrying stone, crushing stone or drilling for water, oil or natural gas is carried on; any yard or dry dock (including the precincts thereof) in which ships or vessels are repaired, refitted, finished or b r o k e n u p a n d a n y u n d e rg r o u n d w o r k s c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e construction of tunnels and other underground structures: L.N. 44 of 1960. Provided that the work therein performed is carried on by way of trade or for the purposes of gain and that the employer of the persons employed therein has the right of access to or control over such premises or open air spaces, yard or dry deck, or under ground works, as the case may be. 3. Any premises, open air spaces or underground works being a poultry, dairy or other farm or horticultural establishment: Provided that (
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