S.I. No. 342/1986 - Conditions of Employment (Manufacture of Disposable Operating Theatre Face Masks) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1986.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Manufacture of Disposable Operating Theatre Face Masks) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1986.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture of disposable operating theatre face masks, 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 provision shall have effect in respect of the work to which these Regulations relate, that is to say, no shift shall be longer than eight hours in duration.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of October, 1986.

RUAIRI QUINN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The

Conditions of Employment Act, 1936

, prohibits the employment of adult female workers on industrial work between the hours of 10 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. the following day. The effect of these Regulations is to permit, subject to the shift work licensing provisions of the 1936 Act, the employment of adult females on shift work between the hours of 8 a.m. on any day and 8 a.m. on the following day on the manufacture of disposable operating theatre face masks.

S.I. No. 342 of 1986.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF DISPOSABLE OPERATING THEATRE FACE MASKS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1986.

I, RUAIRI QUINN, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 29 nd 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