S.I. No. 313/1980:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (BUBBLE GUM AND CONFECTIONERY INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1980.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (BUBBLE GUM AND CONFECTIONERY INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1980.

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 (Bubble Gum and Confectionery Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1980.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture and packaging of bubble gum and confectionery as carried on at the premises of Leaf Limited, Kilcock, in the county of Kildare is hereby declared to be excluded work for the purposes of section 47 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 young person shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 10 p.m. on any day and the hour of 6 a.m. the following morning.

( b ) No young person shall be employed on any day until the expiration of twelve hours from the time at which he ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 8th day of October, 1980.

GENE FITZGERALD,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 prohibits the employment of young persons on industrial work between the hours of 8 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. the following morning.

These Regulations permit the employment of young persons aged 15 and over on shift work between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. on the manufacture of and packaging of bubble gum and confectionery as carried on at the premises of Leaf Ltd., Kilcock, Co. Kildare.

Copies of these Regulations may be purchased from the Government Publications Sale Office, G.P.O. Arcade, Dublin 1, price 9p plus postage.