S.I. No. 101/1958:

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE (DUBLIN) (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1958.

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE (DUBLIN) (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1958.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of Section 9 of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 (No. 56 of 1931), hereby order as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as the Apprenticeship Committee for the Furniture Trade (Dublin) (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1958.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The Rules set out in the Schedule to this Order are hereby confirmed and shall come into operation on the 21st day of April, 1958.

SCHEDULE.

The Rules of the Apprenticeship Committee for the Furniture Trade (Dublin) as set out in Apprenticeship Committee for the Furniture Trade (Dublin) (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1946, ( S. R. & O. No. 375 of 1946 ), are hereby amended as follows, that is to say, by the deletion of the paragraph commencing with the words " Class B--Male Apprentices " under the heading " Rules Regulating the Number of Apprentices " and by the substitution therefor of the following :--

Class B.--Male Apprentices--ONE APPRENTICE to the first one skilled male worker in that Class of the Trade, and thereafter, one additional apprentice for each complete group of twenty skilled male workers in excess of the first twelve in that Class. This paragraph shall be in force for a period of six months only from the date of the Minister's Confirmatory Order.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 21st day of April, 1958.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this Order is to reduce, for a period of six months, the ratio of male apprentices to skilled workers in the upholstery branch of the furniture trade in the Dublin area.