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Bleaching and Dyeing. These works were at first regulated by 23 & 24 Vict. c. 78; 25 & 26 Vict. c. 8; 26 & 27 Vict. c. 38; and 27 &28 Vict. c. 98. By 33 & 34 Vict. c. 62, however, all these Acts are repealed after January 1, 1872, and the (English) Factory Acts made to apply to them; and they are now regulated, along with other factories, by the consolidating (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22). By Schedule VI., bleaching and dyeing works are a non-textile factory and are defined as 'any premises in which the process of bleaching, beetling, dyeing, calendering, finishing, hooking, lapping, and making up and packing any yarn or cloth of any material or the dressing or finishing of lace or any one or more of such processes or any process incidental thereto are or is carried on.' S. 28 deals with hours of employment; s. 40 deals with mealtimes; and s. 53 with overtime employment. See FACTORY.