S.I. No. 84/1968:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (WELDING ELECTRODES) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1968.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (WELDING ELECTRODES) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1968.

I, P. S. Ó hIRIGHILE, 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 (Welding Electrodes) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1968.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the drying and packing of welding electrodes, 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 11.30 p.m. on any day and 7.30 a.m. on the following day;

( b ) no woman shall be 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 18th day of April, 1968.

P. S. Ó hIRIGHILE,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 . provides that female adult workers may not be employed on shift work between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.

The purpose of these Regulations is to permit female adult workers to be employed on shift work between the hours of 7.30 a.m. and 11.30 p.m. in the drying and packing of welding electrodes.