S.I. No. 161/1975:

: CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (PLASTER AND PLASTERBOARD MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1975.

: CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (PLASTER AND PLASTERBOARD MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1975.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 29 and 34 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 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 (Plaster and Plasterboard 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 plaster and plasterboard by a chemical process as carried on at the premises of Wallboard Manufacturers Limited, at Arklow, in the county of Wicklow, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of Section 33 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936).

4. The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the hours of work worked by workers employed to do the industrial work specified in these Regulations:

( a ) no shift shall be longer than 12 hours in duration;

( b ) no worker shall work on two consecutive shifts;

( c ) no worker shall work on any shift unless at least eight hours have elapsed since he last worked the shift;

( d ) no such worker shall work for so many hours in any week that the average number of hours per week worked by him in any four consecutive weeks would exceed fifty-six.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of July, 1975.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these Regulations is to permit Wallboard Manufacturers Ltd. to employ male adult workers on twelve-hour shifts between 8 a.m. and 8 a.m. the following day at their premises at North Quay, Arklow, County Wicklow.