S.I. No. 302/1982:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY) REGULATIONS, 1982.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY) REGULATIONS, 1982.

I, GENE FITZGERALD, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976,* hereby make the following Regulations:

* O.J. No. L39 of 14.2.1976, pp. 40-42

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Employment Equality) Regulations, 1982.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 30th day of September, 1982.

3. Section 11 (2) and paragraphs (c) and (d) of Section 17 (2) of the Employment Equality Act, 1977 (No. 16 of 1977), are hereby repealed.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of September, 1982.

GENE FITZGERALD,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Employment Equality Act, 1977 , to remove all prohibitions on the training and employment of men as midwives and to terminate the exclusion of employment in single-sex institutions and those hitherto excluded on the grounds of privacy or decency.