S.I. No. 254/1957:

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE (DUBLIN) (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1957.

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE (DUBLIN) (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1957.

I, SEAN F. LEMASS, 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 Furniture Trade (Dublin) (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1957.

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

3. The Rules set out in the Schedule to this Order are hereby confirmed and shall come into operation on the 9th day of December, 1957.

SCHEDULE.

The Rules of the Apprenticeship Committee for the Furniture Trade (Dublin) as set out in Apprenticeship Committee for the Furniture Trade (Dublin) (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1956 ( S.I. No. 50 of 1956 ), are hereby amended as follows, that is to say, by the deletion of the Rules comprised under the heading " Part III--Rules Regulating Minimum Rates of Wages " and by the substitution therefor of the following :--

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 :--

(a) that the above rates shall be payable, in the case of apprentices of 18 years of age or over, per week of 44 hours and, in the case of apprentices whose age is less than 18 years, per week of 40 hours ;

(b) that a male apprentice who has attended a Junior Day Technical School Course for a period of two years shall, on being taken into employment in the Trade, be regarded for the purpose of determining the rate of wages payable to him, as being in his second year of apprenticeship ;

(c) that, for the purpose of calculating the minimum rate per hour to which an apprentice is entitled, the minimum rate per week to which the apprentice is entitled under these Rules shall be divided by the maximum number of hours which may be worked in any week by the apprentice under Part IV of the Schedule to Apprenticeship Committee for the Furniture Trade (Dublin) Confirmation of Rules Order, 1938 ( S. R. & O. No. 168 of 1938 ) and

(d) that the above minimum rates are without prejudice to the payment of higher rates by agreement or otherwise.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 9th day of December, 1957.

(Signed) SEAN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this Order is to authorise an increase in the weekly rate of pay of apprentices covered by Rules made by the Apprenticeship Committee for the Furniture Trade (Dublin).