S.I. No. 292/1967:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (CONTINUOUS FILAMENT BULKED SYNTHETIC YARNS) (EXCLUSION) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1967.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (CONTINUOUS FILAMENT BULKED SYNTHETIC YARNS) (EXCLUSION) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1967.

I, P. S. Ó hIRIGHILE, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 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 hereinafter specified and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Continuous Filament Bulked Synthetic Yarns) (Exclusion) (No. 2) Regulations, 1967.

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

3. The production of continuous filament bulked synthetic yarns is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 46 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 12 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 eleven hours from the time at which she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 21st day of December, 1967.

(Signed) P. S. Ó hIRIGHILE,

Minister for Labour.

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. The purpose of these regulations is to permit the employment of Women between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 midnight, on shift work in the production of continuous filament bulked synthetic yarns.