S.I. No. 150/1975:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (WALLPAPER INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1975.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (WALLPAPER INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1975.

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 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 (Wallpaper Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1975.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture of wallpaper, as carried on at the premises of Cork Wall Products Limited at Clonakilty in the county of Cork, 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 8 a.m. on the following day;

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

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 2nd day of July, 1975.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , provides that young persons may not work later than 8 p.m. any day. The purpose of these Regulations is to allow the employment of young persons on shifts ending at 10 p.m. in the wallpaper Industry by Cork Wall Products Ltd. at Clonakilty, Co. Cork.