S.I. No. 197/1963:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (CARPET WEAVING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1963.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (CARPET WEAVING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1963.

I, JOHN LYNCH, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 29 , 52 and 57 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936), and after consultation with representatives of employers interested in the form of industrial work specified in the Schedule hereto and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Carpet Weaving Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1963.

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

3. The form of industrial work specified in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 47 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 person shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 10 p.m. on any day and the hour of 6 a.m. on the following day;

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

SCHEDULE.

The assisting of weavers in the carpet weaving industry by young persons more than sixteen years of age.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 21st day of October, 1963.

(Signed) JOHN LYNCH,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , provides that persons under 18 years may be employed in industrial work between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. only.

The purpose of these regulations is to permit the employment of persons over 16 years between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. as assistants to weavers in the carpet weaving industry.