S.I. No. 379/1974:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (FERTILISER INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS 1974.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (FERTILISER INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS 1974.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 29 and 33 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 specified in these Regulations, and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Fertiliser Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1974.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the operation of continuous process plants manufacturing sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid and fertilisers at the premises of Goulding Fertilisers Limited, Tolka Quay Road, Dublin 3, and at Goulding Fertilisers Limited, Centre Park Road, Cork, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 33 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936).

4. The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the hours of work worked by workers employed to do the industrial work specified in these Regulations :

( a ) no shift shall be longer than 12 hours in duration;

( b ) no such worker shall work on two consecutive shifts;

( c ) no such worker shall work on any shift unless at least eight hours have elapsed since he last worked the shift;

( d ) no such worker shall work for more than 56 hours in any week;

( e ) no such worker shall be permitted to work on such shift in such a manner as to contravene any conditions (including conditions with regard to the time and durations of rest periods) contained in the licence under section 37 of the said Act authorising such shift work.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 31st day of December, 1974.

MICHAEL O'LEARY.

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , prohibits the working of shifts of more than nine hours duration.

The purpose of these regulations is to permit Goulding Limited to employ male adult workers on twelve-hour shifts between 8 a.m. and 8 a.m. the following day at the premises of Goulding Fertilisers Limited at Tolka Quay Road, Dublin and Centre Park Road, Cork.