S.I. No. 66/1972:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (COTTON AND YARN SPINNING) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1972.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (COTTON AND YARN SPINNING) (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 (Cotton and Yarn Spinning) (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 spinning of cotton and polyester yarns as operated at the premises of Longford Textile Company Limited, Temple Michael, in the county of Longford 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 11.00 p.m. on any day and the hour of 7 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 2nd day of March, 1972.

JOSEPH BRENNAN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that no female adult may commence work earlier than 8 a.m. nor continue work after 10 p.m. The purpose of these Regulations is to permit female adult workers to be employed between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. on the work of Spinning cotton and polyester yarns at the premises of Longford Textile Co. Ltd., at Templemichael in the County of Longford.