S.I. No. 294/1978:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (TEXTILE BLEACHING, DYEING AND PRINTING) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1978.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (TEXTILE BLEACHING, DYEING AND PRINTING) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1978.

I, GENE FITZGERALD, 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 (Textile Bleaching, Dyeing and Printing) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1978.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, textile bleaching, dyeing and printing as carried on at the premises of G.T.P. Limited, Sandy Road, in the county of Galway, 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 hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. the following morning;

( b ) no woman shall be employed to do such work unless at least eleven hours have expired since she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 26th day of October, 1978.

GENE FITZGERALD,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that adult female workers may not be employed on industrial work between the hours of 10 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. the following day. The purpose of these Regulations is to permit the employment of adult females on shift work between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. on textile bleaching, dyeing and printing as carried on at the premises of G.T.P. Limited, Sandy Road, Galway.