S.I. No. 8/1926 - The Trade Boards (Women's Clothing and Millinery) Order, 1926.


STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1926. No. 8.

THE TRADE BOARDS (WOMEN'S CLOTHING AND MILLINERY) ORDER, 1926.

TRADE BOARDS ACTS, 1909 AND 1918.

The Trade Boards (Women's Clothing and Millinery) Order, 1926. Special Order dated the 15th day of January, 1926, made by the Minister for Industry and Commerce under Section 2 of the Trade Boards Act, 1918, varying the Trade Boards (Women's Clothing) Order, 1919, and the Trade Boards (Hat, Cap and Millinery) Order, 1919.

WHEREAS it is provided by Sub-section 1 of Section 2 of the Trade Boards Act, 1918, that every Special Order may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Special Order;

And Whereas the Minister for Industry and Commerce is of opinion that it is desirable to vary the Trade Boards (Women's Clothing) Order, 1919, by altering the description of the trade specified in the Appendix to that Order;

And Whereas the Minister for Industry and Commerce is further of opinion that it is desirable to vary the Trade Boards (Hat, Cap and Millinery) Order, 1919, in so far as it applies to any operation or process specified in the Appendix to this Order.

Now, therefore, I, Patrick McGilligan, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in pursuance of the powers in me vested, as before recited, do hereby make a Special Order that from and after the 27th day of March, 1926, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—

Article I.—The description of the trade specified in the Trade Boards (Women's Clothing) Order, 1919, shall be varied by the substitution therefor of the description set out in the Appendix to this Order.

Article II.—The Trade Boards (Hat, Cap and Millinery) Order, 1919, shall be varied by the exclusion therefrom of any operations or processes comprised therein included in the Appendix to this Order.

Article III.—This Order may be cited as the Trade Boards (Women's Clothing and Millinery) Order, 1926.

Dated this 15th day of January, 1926.

(Signed) P. McGILLIGAN,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

Department of Industry and Commerce, Dublin.

APPENDIX.

THE WOMEN'S CLOTHING AND MILLINERY TRADE, that is to say:—

The making from textile or knitted fabrics of (a) tailored and non-tailored wearing apparel (other than handkerchiefs) worn by women or girls or by children without distinction of sex, or (b) boys' ready-made washing suits or sailor suits, where carried out in association with or in conjunction with the making of garments to be worn by women or girls, or by children without distinction of sex; and the making from any material of women's or female children's headgear, or the trimming thereof;

Including:

1. All operations and processes of cutting, making or finishing by hand or machine of coats, costumes, coat-frocks, mantles, service clothing, dresses, skirts, wraps, blouses, blouse robes, jumpers, sports-coats, neckwear, tea-gowns, dressing-gowns, dressing-jackets, pyjamas, underclothing, underskirts, aprons, overalls, juvenile clothing, baby-linen or similar articles;

2. (a) The altering, repairing, renovating or re-making of any of the above-mentioned articles;

(b) The cleaning of any of the above-mentioned garments where carried out in association with or in conjunction with the altering, repairing, renovating or re-making of such garments;

3. All processes of embroidery or decorative needlework where carried out in association with or in conjunction with the making, altering, repairing, renovating or re-making of such articles other than hand embroidery or hand-drawn thread work on articles made of linen or cotton or of mixed linen and cotton;

4. The lining with fur of any of the above-mentioned garments where carried out in association with or in conjunction with the making of such garments;

5. The following processes if done by machine: thread-drawing thread-clipping, top-sewing, scalloping, nickelling and paring;

6. Laundering, smoothing, folding, ornamenting, boxing, pack, ing, warehousing, or other operations incidental to or appertaining to the making, altering, repairing, renovating- or re-making of any of the above-mentioned articles.

But excluding:

(a) The making of knitted articles, knitted headgear, the making of headgear from knitted fabrics; the making of underclothing, socks and stockings, from knitted fabrics, and the making from knitted fabrics of articles mentioned in paragraph 1 above, where carried on in association with or in conjunction with the manufacture of the knitted fabrics;

(b) The making of gloves, spats, gaiters, boots, shoes and slippers;

(c) The making of rubberised or oilskin garments; and the making of rubberised or oilskin headgear where carried on in association with or in conjunction with the making of other rubberised or oilskin articles;

(d) The making of women's collars and cuffs and of nurses' stiff washing belts where carried on in association with or in conjunction with the making of men's or boys' shirts or collars;

(e) Warehousing, packing and other similar operations carried on in shops mainly engaged in the retail distribution of articles of any description that are not made on the premises;

(f) The casting and making of solid metal helmets;

(g) The lining with fur of any of the articles mentioned in paragraph 1 above, and the making of fur hats, where carried on in association with or in conjunction with the manufacture of furs or furriers' skins into garments, rugs or similar articles;

(h) The branches of trade covered by the Trade Board (Corset) Order, 1919.