S.I. No. 351 of 2001

Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (Bar Apprentices) Regulations, 2001

S.I. No. 351 of 2001

Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (Bar Apprentices) Regulations, 2001

I, Tom Kitt, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 8(1) of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (No. 16 of 1996) (as adapted by the Enterprise and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 305 of 1997 ), and the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 330 of 1997 )), and having complied with the provisions of that section, hereby make the following regulations with respect to which, pursuant to section 28(2) of that Act, a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House:

1.        These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (Bar Apprentices) Regulations, 2001.

2.        In these Regulations --

“licensed premises” means premises to which a licence (within the meaning of section 2 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000 ( No. 17 of 2000 )), is attached.

3.        A person who employs a young person in a full time capacity as an apprentice in a licensed premises may require the young person to work up to midnight on any one day, where the young person --

(a)      will not be required or permitted to commence work until 8 a.m. on the following day, and

(b)      is supervised by an adult.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations provide that a young person (a 16 or 17 year old), employed as an apprentice in a fulltime capacity in a licensed premises (as defined), may be required to work up to midnight on any one day and not before 8 a.m. on the following day provided that the young person is supervised by an adult.