S.I. No. 197/1968:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION), REGULATIONS, 1968.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION), REGULATIONS, 1968.

I, P. S. Ó hIRIGHILE, 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 hereinafter specified, and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Pharmaceutical Preparations Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1968.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the washing, filling and ceramic printing of the materials known as ampoules and vials in connection with pharmaceutical preparations 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 woman shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 11 p.m. on any day and 7 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 at which she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of September, 1968.

P. S. Ó h-IRIGHILE,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , provides that women may be employed in industrial work only between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. on shift work. The purpose of these Regulations is to permit the employment of women between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. in the washing, filling and ceramic printing of ampoules and vials in connection with the pharmaceutical preparation industry.