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S.I. No. 373/1986 - Conditions of Employment (Manufacture and Packing of Bubble Gum and Confectionery) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1986.
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Manufacture and Packing of Bubble Gum and Confectionery) (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 and packing of bubble gum and confectionery, 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 24th day of November, 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 and between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. on the same day on the manufacture and packing of bubble gum and confectionery.
S.I. No. 373 of 1986.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE AND PACKING OF BUBBLE GUM AND CONFECTIONERY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1986.
I, RUAIRI QUINN, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers confered 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