S.I. No. 356/1978:

MINES (EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN) (EXEMPTION) REGULATIONS, 1978.

MINES (EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN) (EXEMPTION) REGULATIONS, 1978.

I, GENE FITZGERALD, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 147 of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 (No. 7 of 1965), and the Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1966 ), after due compliance with the provisions of the Second Schedule to that Act, and being satisfied that by reason of the nature of the work involved in metalliferous mines it would not be right to require compliance with the provisions of section 110(4) of that Act, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Mines (Employment of Women) (Exemption) Regulations, 1978.

2. In these Regulations "the Act" means the Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 (No. 7 of 1965).

3. These Regulations apply to metalliferous mines and shall come into operation on the 29th day on December, 1978.

4. The provisions of section 110(4) of the Act, in so far as they relate to the employment of a woman, shall not, during the period of five years commencing on the commencement of these Regulations apply to the employment at a metalliferous mine of a woman for the purposes of the treatment of sick or injured persons employed at the mine.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of December, 1978.

GENE FITZGERALD,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations give exemption to metalliferous mines from the provisions of Section 110 of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 , with regard to the employment of women at such mines for the purposes of the treatment of sick or injured persons employed there.