S.I. No. 176/1961 - Conditions of Employment (Woollen and Cotton Garments Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1961.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Woollen and Cotton Garments Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1961.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

(No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. The form of industrial work specified in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purposes of

sections 46

and

47

of the

Conditions of Employment Act, 1936

(No. 2 of 1936), and the following provisions shall have effect in respect thereof

(

a

) no woman shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 11 p.m. on any day and the hour of 7 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 p.m. on any day and the hour of 8 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 such woman as young person, as the case may be, ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

SCHEDULE.

The making-up of fully fashioned woollen and cotton garments.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of August, 1961.

(Sd.) JOHN LYNCH,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The

Conditions of Employment Act, 1936

, provides that women may be employed in industrial work between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. only and persons under 18 years of age between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. only.

The purpose of these regulations is to permit the employment of women between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. and persons under 18 years of age between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. in the making-up of fully fashioned woollen and cotton garments.

S.I. No. 176 of 1961.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (WOOLLEN AND COTTON GARMENTS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1961.

I, JOHN LYNCH, Minister for Industry and Commerce, 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 after consultation with representatives of employers interested in the form of industrial work specified in the Schedule hereto and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations