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S.I. No. 292/1961 - Conditions of Employment (Glass-Fibre Cloth Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1961.

S.I. No. 292 of 1961.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (GLASS-FIBRE CLOTH INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1961.

I, JOHN LYNCH, Minister for Industry and Commerce, 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 after consultation with representatives of employers interested in the form of industrial work specified in the Schedule hereto and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Glass-fibre Cloth Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1961.

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

3. The form of industrial work specified in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purposes of sections 46 and 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 woman shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 11 p.m. on any day and the hour of 7 a.m. on the following day;

(b) no woman shall be so employed on any day until after the expiration of eleven hours from the time at which she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day;

(c) 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 the hour of 7 a.m. on the following day;

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

5. The Conditions of Employment (Glass Cloth Industry) (Exclusion} Regulations, 1961 ( S.I. No. 68 of 1961 ), are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

The manufacture of glass-fibre cloth.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of December, 1961.

(Signed) JOHN LYNCH,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , provides that women may be employed in industrial work between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. only and persons under 18 years of age between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. only.

The purpose of these regulations is to permit the employment of women between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. and persons under 18 years of age between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. in the manufacture of glass-fibre cloth.