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S.I. No. 228/1974 - Conditions of Employment (Kitchen Furniture Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations 1974.

S.I. No. 228 of 1974.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (KITCHEN FURNITURE INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS 1974.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 29 and 52 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936), and the Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1966 ), and after consultation with representatives of employers interested in the form of industrial work hereinafter specified and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations :—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Kitchen Furniture Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1974.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the operation of machinery in the manufacture of kitchen cabinets, as carried on at the premises of Murray Kitchens Limited at Youghal, in the county of Cork, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 47 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936).

4. The following provisions shall have effect in respect of the work to which these Regulations relate :

( a ) no young person shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 10 p.m. on any day and 7 a.m. on the following day;

( b ) no young person shall be employed on any day until after the expiration of eleven hours from the time at which he ceased to do such work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of July, 1974.

MICHAEL O'LEARY

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that young persons may not work outside the hours 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on any day. The purpose of these Regulations is to allow the employment of young persons between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on the operation of machines in the manufacture of kitchen furniture at the premises of Murray Kitchens Ltd., Youghal, Co. Cork.