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S.I. No. 223/1977 -- Conditions of Employment (Acrylic Fibre Manufacturing Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1977.

S.I. No. 223/1977 -- Conditions of Employment (Acrylic Fibre Manufacturing Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1977. 1977 223

S.I. No. 223/1977:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (ACRYLIC FIBRE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1977.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (ACRYLIC FIBRE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1977.

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 (Acrylic Fibre Manufacturing Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1977.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, acrylic fibre manufacturing as carried on at the premises of Asahi Synthetic Fibres (Ireland) Limited at Killala, in the county of Mayo, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purposes 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 any such work at any time between the hours of 10 p.m. on any day and 7 a.m. on the following day;

( b ) no young person shall be so employed on any day until 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 4th day of July, 1977.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that young persons may not be employed on industrial work between the hours of 8 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. on the following day. The effect of these regulations is to permit the employment of young persons between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on the process of manufacturing acrylic fibre at the premises of Asahi Synthetic Fibres (Ireland) Ltd., Killala, County Mayo.



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