S.I. No. 270/1955:

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HAIRDRESSING TRADE (CORK) (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1955.

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HAIRDRESSING TRADE (CORK) (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1955.

I, WILLIAM NORTON, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 9 of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 , (No. 56 of 1931), hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Cork) (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1955.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 , (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The rules set out in the Schedule are hereby confirmed and shall come into operation on the 30th day of December, 1955.

SCHEDULE.

The Rules of the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Cork) as set out in Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Cork) (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1946, ( S. R. & O. No. 313 of 1946 ) are hereby amended as follows, that is to say by the deletion of the Rules comprised under the headings " Part II--Rules Regulating the Period of Apprenticeship ; " " Part III--Rules Regulating the Minimum Rates of Wages " and " Part V--Rules Regulating the Age of Entry on Apprenticeship " and by substitution therefor of the following :--

PART II.--RULES REGULATING THE PERIOD OF APPRENTICESHIP.

The Committee specify the period of employment by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District as being :--

(a) Five years where one or more of the operations mentioned in Part I of the Schedule is or are performed by the apprentice on or in relation to male persons only.

(b) Four years where one or more of the operations mentioned in Part I of the Schedule is or are performed by the apprentice on or in relation to female persons only.

(c) Five years where one or more of the operations mentioned in Part I of the Schedule is or are performed by the apprentice on or in relation to male and female persons.

Provided that--

(i) the appropriate period of employment by way of apprenticeship specified in this Part shall in every case be reduced by deducting therefrom any period prior to the date on which these Rules become effective during which the employee concerned was employed in the Trade ;

(ii) an employer may employ an apprentice on his first employment in the Trade for a probationary period not exceeding twelve weeks ;

(iii) the rules regulating the period of apprenticeship shall not apply in relation to such probationary period unless the employment of the apprentice in the Trade continues or is resumed thereafter ;

(iv) the rules other than the rules regulating the period of apprenticeship shall apply during and in relation to such probationary period ;

(v) where an apprentice is, through illness, continuously absent from employment for a period in excess of one month, the appropriate year of his employment by way of apprenticeship shall be extended by a period equal to such excess period.

PART III.--RULES REGULATING MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES.

The Committee specify hereunder the minimum rates of wages (other than wages for overtime) to be paid to male or female persons employed by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District.

Provided that the above rates shall be payable, in the case of apprentices of 18 years of age or over, per week of 48 hours and, in the case of apprentices whose age is less than 18 years, per week of 40 hours.

PART V.--RULES REGULATING THE AGE OF ENTRY ON APPRENTICESHIP.

The Committee prescribe that the employment of a male or female employee by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District may commence on attainment of the age of 15 years in the case of males and 16 years in the case of females and before attainment of the age of 21 years in the case of both males and females.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 30th day of December, 1955.

(Signed) WILLIAM NORTON,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.