S.I. No. 73/1976:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (FISH PROCESSING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1976.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (FISH PROCESSING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1976.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, 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 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 (Fish Processing Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1976.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the processing and packaging of fish as carried on at the premises of Lett and Company Limited, at Batt Street, Wexford, in the county of Wexford, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of sections 46 and 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 woman shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 11.00 p.m. on any day, and the hour of 6.00 a.m. on the following day;

( b ) no young person shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 10.00 p.m. on any day, and the hour of 6.00 a.m. on the following day;

( c ) no woman or young person 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 26th day of March, 1976.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , provides that female adult workers may not be employed on shifts between the hours of 10 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. on the following day or young persons between the hours of 8 a.m. on any day and 8 a.m. on the following day. The purpose of these Regulations is to allow Lett and Company Limited to employ female adult workers on shifts between 6.00 a.m. and 11.00 p.m. and young persons on shifts between 6.00 a.m. and 10.00 p.m. at their premises at Batt Street, Wexford.