S.I. No. 144/1991:

WORKER PROTECTION (REGULAR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES) ACT, 1991 (COMMENCEMENT) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1991.

WORKER PROTECTION (REGULAR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES) ACT, 1991 (COMMENCEMENT) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1991.

I, BERTIE AHERN, T.D., Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 8 (9) of the Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act, 1991 (No. 5 of 1991), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) (Commencement) (No. 2) Order, 1991.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 17th day of June, 1991.

2. The "Principal Act" means: The Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act, 1991 .

3. In so far as the Principal Act applies the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 1990, the Maternity Protection of Employees Act, 1981 (No. 2 of 1981), and the Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Acts, 1984 and 1990, to regular part-time employees, the Principal Act shall come into operation on the 17th day of June, 1991, being the day hereby fixed for that purpose.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 17th day of June, 1991.

BERTIE AHERN, T.D.,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order appoints the 17th day of June, 1991, as the day on which the Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act, 1991 comes into operation in respect of rights under the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 1990, the Maternity Protection of Employees Act, 1981 and the Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Acts, 1984 and 1990.