S.I. No. 278/1972:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (AUTOMATIC TURNED PARTS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1972.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (AUTOMATIC TURNED PARTS 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 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 (Automatic Turned Parts 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, bar-loading to automatic index machines manufacturing precision turned parts, as carried on at the premises of Longford Engineering Limited at Shroid, in the county of Longford, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 47 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 young person shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 10 p.m. on any day and 6 a.m. on the following day;

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

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of November, 1972.

JOSEPH BRENNAN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , provides that young persons may not be employed between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. The purpose of these Regulations is to permit young persons to be employed on shift work between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. in the Automatic Turned Parts Industry at the premises of Longford Engineering Ltd., at Shroid, Co. Longford.