S.I. No. 229/1974:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1974.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1974.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, 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 (Food Processing Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1974.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, food processing and packaging as carried on at the premises of Erin Foods Limited, in the county of Carlow, 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 16th day of July, 1974.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that female adult workers may not work later than 10 p.m. on any day. The purpose of these Regulations is to permit the employment of adult female workers up to 12 midnight on food processing and packaging at the premises of Erin Foods Limited, Oakpark, Carlow.