S.I. No. 129/1981 - Conditions of Employment (Adhesives and Solvents) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1981.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Adhesives and Solvents) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1981.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the bottling and packaging of adhesives and solvents as carried on at the premises of Loctite (Ireland) Limited, Kylemore Park North, Dublin 10, in the county of Dublin, 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 8.15 a.m. the following day, and

(

b

) no woman shall be employed on any day until 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 1st day of April, 1981.

TOM NOLAN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The

Conditions of Employment Act, 1936

prohibits the employment of women on industrial work between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. the following morning.

These Regulations permit the employment of adult females on shift work between the hours of 8.15 a.m. and 11 p.m. on the bottling and packaging of adhesives and solvents as carried on at the premises of Loctite (Ireland) Limited, Kylemore Park North, Dublin 10.

S.I. No. 129 of 1981.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (ADHESIVES AND SOLVENTS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1981.

I, TOM NOLAN, 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 these Regulations and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following Regulations