S.I. No. 342/1971:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (TEXTILE MACHINERY COMPONENTS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1971.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (TEXTILE MACHINERY COMPONENTS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1971.

I, JOSEPH BRENNAN, 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:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Textile Machinery Components) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1971.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture of parts and components for textile machinery as carried on at the premises of Draper-Erin Limited, Dock Road, Limerick, 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 women shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 12 midnight on any day and the hour of 8 a.m. on the following day;

(b) no woman shall be so employed on any day until after the expiration of eleven hours from the time of which she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of December, 1971.

JOSEPH BRENNAN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that no adult female worker may continue work after 10 p.m. The purpose of these Regulations is to permit female adult workers to be employed to 12 midnight on the manufacture of components for textile machinery.