Works of engineering construction

76.-(1) Subject as hereafter in this section provided, the provisions of this Law hereafter in this subsection mentioned shall apply to works of engineering construction undertaken by way of trade or business, or for the purpose of any industrial or commercial undertaking, and to any line or siding, which is used in connection therewith and for the purposes thereof, that is to say:-

(a) Part I;

(b) Part II;

(c) [Καταργήθηκε];

(d) the provisions of Part IV with respect to sanitary conveniences;

(e) the provisions of Part V with respect to steam boilers and air receivers (including the provisions as to exceptions to steam boilers and air receivers ανελκυστήρας, ανυψωτήρας, αλύσεις, σχοινία, αναρτήρας, γερανούς και άλλας ανυψωτικάς μηχανάς), and the power of a Court to make orders as to dangerous conditions and practices;

(f) Part VI;

(ζ) αι διατάξεις του Μέρους VII όσον αφορά εις ειδικούς κανονισμούς δι’ ασφάλειαν και υγιεινήν~

(h) the provisions of Part IX with respect to the abstract of this Law and with respect to notices, rules, General Registers (so far as applicable), preservation of registers and records, duties of persons employed and the prohibition of deductions from wages;

(i) the provisions of Part X with respect to powers of the Υπουργός and regulations, rules and orders made under this Law;

(j) Part XI:

Provided that no order made under the provisions of this Law with respect to the power of a Court to make orders as to dangerous conditions and practices, and no rules made under Part VII of this Law, shall operate so as to interfere with the design of any works of engineering construction or with the adoption in the execution of those works of any method prescribed in the specification or in any signed plans issued, or written directions given, by the consulting engineer or the engineer in charge, being a method which is not inconsistent with the safety of the works or of the persons employed.

(2) The provisions of this Law in their application to works of engineering construction shall have effect as if any place where such works are carried on were a factory and any person undertaking any such works to which this Law applies were the occupier of a factory, and with such other adaptations and modifications as may be made by rules made by the Υπουργός:

Provided that such of the provisions of this Law as require General Registers to be kept, and copies of the prescribed abstract of this Law, and copies of rules, or the prescribed abstract of rules, to be kept posted on the premises, shall be deemed to be complied with as respects works of engineering construction if the General Register is kept at an office of the person undertaking the works and copies of the abstract of this Law, and copies of the rules or abstract thereof, are kept posted at each office, yard, or shop, of the person undertaking the works at which persons employed by him on the works attend and in a position where they can easily be read by such persons.

(3) Any person undertaking any works of engineering construction to which this Law applies shall, not later than seven days after the beginning thereof, serve on an Inspector a written notice stating the name and postal address of the person so undertaking the works, the place and nature of the works, whether any mechanical power is used, and, if so, its nature, and such other particulars as may be prescribed by rules made by the Υπουργός:

Provided that:-

(a) this subsection shall not apply to any works which the person undertaking them has reasonable ground for believing will be completed in a period of less than three weeks; and

(b) if a person undertakes any works of engineering construction in a place where such works are in progress, he shall not be required to give such a notice as aforesaid if a notice was given in respect of the works in progress.