S.I. No. 303/1977 - Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Close Relatives) Regulations, 1977.
S.I. No. 303 of 1977. | ||
PROTECTION OF YOUNG PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) (EXCLUSION OF CLOSE RELATIVES) REGULATIONS, 1977. | ||
I, GENE FITZGERALD, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 17 (1) of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 (No. 9 of 1977), and having complied with the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of that Section, hereby make the following regulations: 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Close Relatives) Regulations, 1977. | ||
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 30th day of September, 1977. 2. In these Regulations "close relative" means a person who is— | ||
( a ) employed by his spouse, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, step-father, step-mother, brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister, and | ||
( b ) employed in a private dwelling house or on a farm, in or on which both the employee and the employer reside. 3. Subject to the modification contained in Regulation 4 of these Regulations, the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 (No. 9 of 1977), shall apply to close relatives. 4. None of the provisions contained in section 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 or 11 of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 , shall apply to the employment of close relatives. | ||
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 26th day of September, 1977. | ||
GENE FITZGERALD, | ||
Minister for Labour. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
These Regulations modify certain provisions of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 in regard to their application to close relatives. |