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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 108

Exception as to Sundays and Saturdays in Jewish factories.

108.(1) Where the occupier of a factory is a person of the Jewish religion, or
a member of any religious body regularly observing the Jewish Sabbath, a woman
or young person who is a person of the Jewish religion or a member of such a
religious body as aforesaid may be employed on Sunday, subject to the
condition that the factory must be closed on Saturday and must not be open for
business on Sunday.

(2) Where the occupier avails himself of this exception, this Part shall, as
respects women and young persons who are persons of the Jewish religion or
members of such a religious body as aforesaid, apply to the factory in like
manner as if in the provisions thereof respecting Sunday the word Saturday
were substituted for Sunday, and in the provisions thereof respecting
Saturday, the word Sunday, or, if the occupier so elects, the word Friday,
were substituted for Saturday.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a factory occupied by a partnership or
company, shall be deemed to be occupied by a person of the Jewish religion or
a member of a religious body regularly observing the Jewish Sabbath if the
majority of the partners or of the directors of the company are persons of the
Jewish religion or, as the case may be, members of any such religious body as
aforesaid, but not otherwise.

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