S.I. No. 29/1966:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1966.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1966.

I, P. S. Ó h-IRIGHILE, Minister for Industry and Commerce, 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 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 (Electronic Components Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1966.

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

3. The following forms of industrial work, namely, the production and assembling of electronic components are hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of 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 such work at any time between the hour of 10 p.m. on any day and the hour of 7 a.m. on the following day;

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

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 7th day of February, 1966.

P. S. Ó h-IRIGHILE,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , provides that young persons under 18 years of age may be employed in industrial work between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. only.

The purpose of these regulations is to permit the employment of young persons on shift work between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. in the production and assembling of electronic components.