Night Work (Bakeries) Act, 1936

Exceptional work.

5.—(1) The Minister, after consultation with, persons who in his opinion are representative of employers interested in bakeries and with persons who in his opinion are representative of workers so interested, may by order make regulations prescribing as exceptional work any specified process of manufacture done in any bakery to which this Act applies if such process of manufacture is—

(a) a preparatory or complementary process the carrying on of which in the period of night is necessary to the carrying on of such bakery, or

(b) a process the carrying on of which in the period of night is necessary for the purpose of arranging a weekly rest for the workers in such bakery,

and whenever the Minister makes such regulations any process of manufacture prescribed thereby as exceptional work, so long as such regulations remain in force, shall be exceptional work for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The Minister may after such consultation as is mentioned in the foregoing sub-section by order make regulations prescribing as exceptional work for a limited period specified in such regulations all or any of the processes of manufacture carried on in any bakery to which this Act applies if the carrying on of such processes in the period of night is in the opinion of the Minister necessary for the carrying on of such bakery during such specified period owing to—

(a) an unusual pressure of work, or

(b) national emergency,

and whenever the Minister makes such regulations any process of manufacture prescribed thereby as exceptional work shall, for the period specified in such regulations, be exceptional work for the purposes of this Act