Agricultural Workers (Holidays) (Amendment) Act, 1961
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Amendment of section 3 of the Act of 1950. |
2.—(1) Section 3 of the Act of 1950 is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (1) and (2): | |
“(1) In each year an agricultural employer shall allow to an agricultural worker holidays to the following extent— | ||
(a) twelve holidays where the worker is continuously employed by him during that year, or | ||
(b) one holiday in respect of each period of one month's duration during which the worker is continuously employed by him. | ||
(2) (a) Where the number of the holidays to which a worker is entitled under this section is three, four, five or six, they shall be allowed on consecutive days. | ||
(b) Where the number of the holidays to which a worker is entitled under this section is seven, six of them at least shall be allowed on consecutive days. | ||
(c) Where the number of the holidays to which a worker is entitled under this Act is eight or more and all or all but one of them are not allowed on consecutive days, they shall be allowed in two groups of consecutive days, one group being of six days at least.” | ||
(2) Subsection (6) of section 3 of the Act of 1950 is hereby amended by the substitution of “four days” for “eight days” and the substitution of “one month” for “two months”. | ||
(3) Holidays allowed to an agricultural worker under the Act of 1950 in respect of the year 1961 before the commencement of this Act shall be reckoned as holidays in respect of that year for the purposes of this Act. | ||
(4) References to the Act of 1950 in any order under section 17 of the Agricultural Wages Act, 1936 , and section 5 of the Act of 1950 fixing minimum rates of holiday remuneration in respect of a holiday under the Act of 1950 shall be construed as references to the Act of 1950 as amended by this Act. |