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S.I. No. 250/1972 - Conditions of Employment (Nylon Yarn Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1972.

S.I. No. 250 of 1972.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (NYLON YARN INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1972.

I, JOSEPH BRENNAN, 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 these regulations and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Nylon Yarn Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1972.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the inspection of manufactured nylon 6 yarn as operated at the premises of Snia Ireland Limited, in the county of Sligo, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 38 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936).

4. The following provisions shall have effect in relation to 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 12.00 midnight on any day and the hour of 8 a.m. on the following day;

(b) no woman shall be so employed on any day until after the expiration of 11 hours from the time at which she ceased to do such work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of October, 1972.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH BRENNAN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that female adult workers may not work later than 10 p.m. on any day. The purpose of these Regulations is to allow the employment of female adult workers between 8 a.m. and 12 midnight on the inspection of manufactured Nylon Yarn at the premises of Snia Ireland Limited, Hazelwood, Sligo.