S.I. No. 95/1975 - Conditions of Employment (Carpet Tufting Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1975.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Carpet Tufting Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1975.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the operation of carpet tufting machines, as carried on at the premises of Belvedere Carpets Limited, at Ennis in the county of Clare, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of

section 47

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 young person shall be employed to do any such work at any such time between the hour of 10 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. on the following day;

(

b

) no young person shall be employed on any day until after the expiration of eleven hours from the time at which he ceased to do such work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of May, 1975.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The

Conditions of Employment Act, 1936

, provides that young persons may not work later than 8 p.m. any day. The purpose of these Regulations is to allow the employment of young persons on shifts between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. in the Carpet Tufting Industry by Belvedere Carpets Ltd., at Ennis, County Clare.

S.I. No. 95 of 1975.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (CARPET TUFTING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1975.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, 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 hereinafter specified and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations:—