S.I. No. 118/1942 - Apprenticeship Committee For The Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1941.


STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1942. No. 118.

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HAIRDRESSING TRADE (DUBLIN) (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1941.

The Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1941, made by the Minister for Industry and Commerce on the 6th day of May, 1941, pursuant to sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 .

WHEREAS the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin), established in accordance with the Hairdressing Trade (Constitution of Apprenticeship Committee) Regulations, 1934 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 353 of 1934), for the particular trade declared by the Apprenticeship Act (Hairdressing Trade) Special Order, 1934 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 195 of 1934), to be a designated trade for the purposes of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 (No. 56 of 1931), and in the area constituted by the Apprenticeship Act (Hairdressing Trade) Apprenticeship District Order, 1934 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 196 of 1934), to be an apprenticeship district for the purposes of such designated trade (namely the administrative county of Dublin and the County Borough of Dublin) has, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 8 of the said Act, made the rules set out in the Schedule to this Order and has submitted the same to the Minister for Industry and Commerce :

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of section 9 of the said Act that the Minister for Industry and Commerce may, in respect of any rule submitted to him by an apprenticeship committee under the said Act, either by order confirm such rule or refuse to confirm such rule :

NOW, THEREFORE, the Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 (No. 56 of 1931), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, hereby orders as follows, that is to say :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) Confirmation of Rules Order, 1941.

2. The rules set out in the Schedule to this Order are hereby confirmed.

3. The rules set out in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on the 6th day of June, 1941.

SCHEDULE.

RULES MADE BY THE APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HAIRDRESSING TRADE (DUBLIN) ON THE 4TH DAY OF JUNE, 1940.

The rules set out in the Schedule to the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) Confirmation of Rules Order, 1936, are hereby amended as follows, that is to say, by the deletion of the rules in the said Schedule comprised under the heading " Part II.—Rules Regulating the Period of Apprenticeship " and by the substitution therefor of the following :—

PART II. —RULES REGULATING THE PERIOD OF APPRENTICESHIP.

The Committee specify the period of employment by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District as being :—

(a) Four years where one or more of the operations mentioned in Part I of the Schedule is or are performed by the apprentice on or in relation to male persons only.

(b) Four years where one or more of the operations mentioned in Part I of the Schedule is or are performed by the apprentice on or in relation to female persons only

(c) Five years where one or more of the operations mentioned in Part I of the Schedule is or are performed by the apprentice on or in relation to male and female persons.

Provided that

(i) the appropriate period of employment by way of apprenticeship specified in this Part shall in every case be reduced by deducting therefrom any period prior to the date on which these Rules become effective during which the employee concerned was employed in the Trade ;

(ii) an employer may employ an apprentice on his first employment in the Trade for a probationary period not exceeding four weeks ;

(iii) the rules regulating the period of apprenticeship shall not apply in relation to such probationary period unless the employment of the apprentice in the Trade continues or is resumed thereafter ;

(iv) the rules other than the rules regulating the period of apprenticeship shall apply during and in relation to such probationary period ;

(v) where an apprentice is, through illness, continuously absent from employment for a period in excess of one month, the appropriate year of his employment by way of apprenticeship shall be extended by a period equal to such excess period.

The Rules set out in the Schedule to the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1936, are hereby amended as follows, that is to say by the deletion of the rules in the said Schedule comprised under the heading " Part III.—Rules Regulating Minimum Rates of Wages " and by the substitution therefor of the following :—

PART III. —RULES REGULATING MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES.

The Committee specify hereunder the minimum rates of wages (other than wages for overtime) to be paid to male or female persons employed by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District.

Per week of 48 hours.

s.

d.

During first year of Apprenticeship

5

0

,, second,,   ,,

10

0

,, third ,,   ,,

17

6

,, fourth,,   ,,

30

0

,, fifth ,,   ,,

40

0

Provided that, for the purpose of determining the minimum rate of wages payable to an Apprentice under the provisions of this Part, employment in the Trade, prior to the date on which these Rules become effective shall be taken into calculation as having been employment by way of apprenticeship in the Trade.

The rules set out in the Schedule to the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1936, are hereby amended as follows, that is to say by the deletion of the rules in the said Schedule comprised under the heading " Part V.—Rules Regulating the Age of Entry on Apprenticeship " and by the substitution therefor of the following:—

PART V. —RULES REGULATING THE AGE OF ENTRY ON APPRENTICESHIP.

The Committee prescribe that the employment of a male or female employee by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District may commence on attainment of the age of 16 years and before attainment of the age of 21 years.

Provided that the Rules regulating the age of entry on apprenticeship shall not apply in the case of any employee who, at the date on which such Rules become effective, is employed in the Trade under an oral or written contract of apprenticeship entered into prior to that date.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce this 6th day of May, 1941.

(Signed) R. C. FERGUSON,

Secretary,

Department of Industry and Commerce.