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S.I. No. 243/1972 - Manufacture of Glass Bottles and Pressed Glass Articles (Welfare) Regulations, 1972.

S.I. No. 243 of 1972.

MANUFACTURE OF GLASS BOTTLES AND PRESSED GLASS ARTICLES (WELFARE) REGULATIONS, 1972.

I, JOSEPH BRENNAN, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 6 and 57 of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955), and the Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1966 ), after due compliance with the provisions of the Third Schedule to that Act, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Manufacture of Glass Bottles and Pressed Glass Articles (Welfare) Regulations, 1972.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of December, 1972.

3. These Regulations shall apply to every factory in which the manufacture of glass bottles or pressed glass articles is carried on.

4. (1) The occupier shall provide and maintain for the use of all persons employed and remaining in a factory to which these Regulations apply during the meal intervals a suitable messroom which shall be furnished with—

(a) sufficient tables and chairs or benches with back rests,

(b) adequate means of warming food and boiling water, and

(c) suitable facilities for washing, comprising a sufficient supply of clean towels, soap and warm water.

(2) The messroom required to be provided by this regulation shall be sufficiently warmed for use during meal intervals.

(3) The said messroom shall be separate from the cloakroom and shall be placed under the charge of a responsible person and shall he kept clean.

5. The Glass Bottle etc. Manufacture Welfare Order, 1918, (S.R. and 0. 1918 No. 558) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 26th day of September, 1972.

JOSEPH BRENNAN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations require that suitable messrooms be made available for the use of persons employed in factories manufacturing glass bottles or pressed glass articles.