S.I. No. 195/1967 - Conditions of Employment (Jetty Construction) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1967.

S.I. No. 195 of 1967.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (JETTY CONSTRUCTION) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1967.

I, P. S. Ó h-IRIGHILE, 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 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 (Jetty Construction) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1967.

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 purpose of section 34 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936).

4. The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the hours of work worked by workers employed to do the industrial work specified in the Schedule to these Regulations:

(a) the hours of the shifts worked by such workers shall be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (or any hours between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.) and from 7 p.m. to 9 a.m. (or any hours between 7 p.m. and 9 a.m.),

(b) no such worker shall work on two consecutive shifts,

(c) no such worker shall work on any shift unless at least eight hours have elapsed since he worked on a previous shift,

(d) no such worker shall work for so many hours in any week that the average number of hours per week worked by him in any three consecutive weeks would exceed forty-eight,

(e) every such worker shall be allowed at least fifteen minutes rest in each shift not less than three nor more than four hours after the commencement of such shift but shall not be entitled to leave the premises of the employer during such period of rest without the permission of the employer.

SCHEDULE.

Piling, bracing and coring in connection with the building of a jetty at South Beach, Bantry in the county of Cork.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 8th day of August, 1967.

P. S. Ó h-IRIGHILE,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these regulations is to permit, in the case of workers employed at South Beach, Bantry, Co. Cork on piling, bracing and coring in connection with the building of a jetty, shifts of longer duration than is provided for in the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 .