S.I. No. 14/1976:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (CAR COMPONENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1976.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (CAR COMPONENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1976.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, 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 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 (Car Component Manufacturing Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1976.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture of car components as carried on at the premises of British Leyland Ireland Manufacturing Limited at Killeen Road, Dublin 10, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 34 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 shift shall be longer than ten and one quarter hours in duration;

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

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

( d ) no worker shall work for so many hours in any week that the average number of hours per week worked by him in any three weeks would exceed forty-eight.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 23rd day of January, 1976.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , prohibits the working of shifts of longer than nine hours duration on industrial work. The purpose of these Regulations is to allow British Leyland Ireland Manufacturing Limited to employ male adult workers on shifts between 9.45 p.m. and 8 a.m. at their premises at Killeen Road, Dublin 10.