S.I. No. 2/1997 - Protection of Young Persons (Employment of Close Relatives) Regulations, 1997.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of Young Persons (Employment of Close Relatives) Regulations, 1997.

2. It is hereby prescribed that

sections 3

,

5

,

6

(1) (

a

) and

11

of the

Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996

(No. 16 of 1996), shall not apply to the employment of close relatives.

GIVEN under my hand, this 2nd day of January, 1997.

EITHNE FITZGERALD, T.D.,

Minister of State at the Department of

Enterprise and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Regulations modify certain provisions of the

Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996

in regard to their application to close relatives.

I, EITHNE FITZGERALD, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 9

and

28

(1) of the

Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996

(No. 16 of 1996), and the Enterprise and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Function) Order, 1996 (

S.I. No. 349 of 1996

), hereby make the following regulations with respect of which, pursuant to section 28 (2) of that Act, a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House