S.I. No. 142/1978:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF RECORDS AND TAPE DUPLICATION INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1978.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF RECORDS AND TAPE DUPLICATION INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1978.

I, GENE FITZGERALD, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers coinferred 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 (Manufacture of Records and Tape Duplication Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1978.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture of records and tape duplication as carried on at the premises of the Gramophone Company (Ireland) Limited, 130 Slaney Road, Dublin Industrial Estate, Finglas, Dublin 11, 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 7.00 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 7.00 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 he/she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of May, 1978.

GENE FITZGERALD,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , provides that adult female 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 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. on the following day. The purpose of these Regulations is to permit the employment of adult female workers on industrial work between 7.00 a.m. and 11.00 p.m. and young persons on industrial work between 7.00 a.m. and 10 a.m. on the manufacture of records and tape duplication as carried on at the Gramophone Company (Ireland) Ltd., 130 Slaney Road, Dublin Industrial Estate, Finglas, Dublin 11.