S.I. No. 389/1986:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MEDICAL HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1986.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MEDICAL HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1986.

I, RUAIRI QUINN, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the power 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 Functionss) 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 (Medical Health Care Products) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1986.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely the manufacture of medical health care products, 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 provision shall have effect in respect of the work to which these Regulations relate, that is to say, no shift shall be longer than 8½ hours in duration.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 1st day of December, 1986.

RUAIRI QUINN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 prohibits the employment of adult female workers between the hours of 10 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. the following day. The effect of these Regulations is to permit the employment of adult females on shift work between the hours of 8 a.m. on any day and 8 a.m. on the following day on the manufacture of medical health care products.