S.I. No. 36/1960:

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE (NO. 2) FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1960.

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE (NO. 2) FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1960.

I, JOHN LYNCH, 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 (No. 2) for the Furniture Trade (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1960.

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 22nd day of February, 1960.

SCHEDULE.

The Rules of the Apprenticeship Committee (No. 2) for the Furniture Trade as set out in Apprenticeship Committee (No. 2) for the Furniture Trade (Confirmation of Rules) (No. 2) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1958 ) are hereby amended as follows, that is to say, by the deletion of the Rules comprised under the heading "Part III"--"Rules Regulating Minimum Rates of Wages" and by the substitution therefor of the following :--

PART III--RULES REGULATING MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES.

The Committee specify hereunder the minimum rates of wages (other than wages for overtime) to be paid to male or female persons employed by way of Apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District.

Provided that--

(a) the above rates shall be payable, in the case of apprentices of 18 years of age or over, per week of 47 hours and, in the case of apprentices whose age is less than 18 years, per week of 40 hours ;

(b) a male apprentice who has attended an approved course of instruction as defined in the Rules Regulating the Educational Qualifications of Apprentices for a period of two years shall, on being taken into employment in the Trade, be regarded for the purpose of determining the rate of wages payable to him, as being in his second year of apprenticeship ;

(c) for the purpose of calculating the minimum rate per hour to which an apprentice is entitled, the minimum rate per week to which the apprentice is entitled under these Rules shall be divided by the maximum number of hours which may be worked in any week by the apprentice ; and

(d) the above minimum rates are without prejudice to the payment of higher rates by agreement or otherwise.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 22nd day of February, 1960.

(Signed) JOHN LYNCH,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this Order is to confirm a new Rule made by the Apprenticeship Committee (No. 2) for the Furniture Trade appointing increased rates of pay for apprentices employed in the trade outside the Dublin area.