S.I. No. 368/1978:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY OF CAR MIRRORS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1978.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY OF CAR MIRRORS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1978.

I, GENE FITZGERALD, 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 (Manufacture and Assembly of Car Mirrors) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1978.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture and assembly of car mirrors as carried on at the premises of Frese Ireland Limited, Manorhamilton, in the county of Leitrim, 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 12 midnight on any day and the hour of 8.00 a.m. the following morning;

( b ) no woman shall be employed on any day until 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 20th day of December, 1978.

GENE FITZGERALD,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Section 46 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , prohibits the employment of adult females on industrial work between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. the following morning.

The effect of these Regulations is to permit the employment of adult females on eight hour shifts between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 midnight on the manufacture and assembly of car mirrors as carried on at the premises of Frese Ireland Ltd., Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim.