S.I. No. 136/1967 - Conditions of Employment (Electronic Components Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1967.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Electronic Components Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1967.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the production of electronic components, 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) 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 12 midnight on any day and the hour of 7 a.m. on the following day;

(

b

) no woman shall be 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 29th day of May, 1967.

Sd.P. Ó hIRIGHILE,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

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 12 midnight on shift-work in the production of electronic components.

S.I. No. 136 of 1967.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1967.

I, P. S. Ó hIRIGHILE, Minister for Labour, 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 the Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1966 (

S.I. No. 164 of 1966

), and after consultation with representatives of employers interested in the form of industrial work specified in the following regulations and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations