S.I. No. 39/1979:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (INJECTION MOULDING AND VACUUM METALIZING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1979.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (INJECTION MOULDING AND VACUUM METALIZING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1979.

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 (Injection Moulding and Vacuum Metalizing Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1979.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, injection moulding and vacuum metalizing as carried on at the premises of P.D.U. Ireland Limited, Site 13a/b Ballyfermot Industrial Estate, Cherry Orchard, in the county of Dublin, 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 hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. the following morning;

( b ) no woman shall be employed on such work unless at least eleven hours have elapsed since she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 14th day of February, 1979.

GENE FITZGERALD,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 prohibits the employment of adult females on industrial work between the hours of 10 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. the following morning. These Regulations permit, subject to certain conditions, the employment of adult females on shift work between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. on injection moulding and vacuum metalizing as carried on at the premises of P.D.U. Ireland Ltd., Site 13a/b Ballyfermot Industrial Estate, Cherry Orchard, Dublin.