S.I. No. 259/1965 - Conditions of Employment (Rubber Soles) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1965.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Exployment (Rubber Soles) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1965.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the trimming, grading and packing of unit rubber soles, 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 hour of 11 p.m. on any day and the hour of 7 a.m. on the following day;

(

b

) no woman shall be so employed on any day until after the expiration of eleven hours from the time at which she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of December, 1965.

P. S. Ó hIRIGHILE.

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.

The purpose of these regulations is to permit the employment of women between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. on shift work in the trimming, grading and packing of unit rubber soles.

S.I. No. 259 of 1965.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (RUBBER SOLES) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1965.

I, P. S. Ó hIRIGHILE, 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 these regulations and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations