S.I. No. 249/1958:

TRANSPORT ACT, 1958 (SECTION 14 (6)) ORDER, 1958.

TRANSPORT ACT, 1958 (SECTION 14 (6)) ORDER, 1958.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (6) of section 14 of the Transport Act, 1958 , hereby order as follows:

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1. This Order may be cited as the Transport Act, S1958 (Section 14 (6)) Order, 1958.

2. Section 14 (which provides for the compensation of employees of Coras Iompair Éireann whose services are dispensed with or conditions worsened in certain circumstances) of the Transport Act, 1958 , is hereby extended to any case to which Article 3 applies.

3. This Article applies to any case in which, within the period of five years ending on the 15th day of July, 1963, the services of an officer or servant of Córas Iompair Éireann are dispensed with or he is transferred to another position because of redundancy arising from the scheme for the re-organisation and more economical operation of the Engineering Department situated at the Inchicore Railway Works, Dublin, affecting the workers employed in that Department and more particularly described in Article 4.

4. The scheme to which Article 3 refers comprises and results from the conduct and implementation of a process of work study consisting of a specialised and continuous review of the said Engineering Department including--

(a) the work load of each of its branches and shops ;

(b) the lay out of the whole Works and of each shop and of storage areas with a view to the reduction of handling and internal transport costs ;

(c) the age, condition, number and type of machine tools with a view to providing efficiently for the future work load ;

(d) the methods and conditions of working and standardisation of jobs with a view to speeding up work and improving workmanship ;

(e) control and timing of each job so as to eliminate waiting time, improve performances and secure accurate costings.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 8th day of December, 1958.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this Order is to extend the redundancy compensation provisions of the Transport Act, 1958 to redundancy arising from a scheme for the re-organisation of the Engineering Department of C.I.E. at the Inchicore Railway Works, Dublin.