S.I. No. 1/1997:

PROTECTION OF YOUNG PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) (EXCLUSION OF WORKERS IN THE FISHING OR SHIPPING SECTORS) REGULATIONS, 1997.

PROTECTION OF YOUNG PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) (EXCLUSION OF WORKERS IN THE FISHING OR SHIPPING SECTORS) REGULATIONS, 1997.

I, EITHNE FITZGERALD, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 8 (1) of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (No. 16 of 1996), and the Enterprise and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1996 ( S.I. No. 349 of 1996 ), and having complied with the provisions of that section, hereby make the following regulations with respect to which, pursuant to section 28 (2) of that Act, a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each House:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing or Shipping Sectors) Regulations, 1997.

2. An employer in the fishing or shipping sectors may employ a young person employed in either of those sectors on terms other than those specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 6 (1) of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (No. 16 of 1996):

Provided that any young person so employed who is assigned to work between the hours of 10 p.m. in any one day and 6 a.m. on the following day is allowed equivalent compensatory rest time.

GIVEN under my hand, this 2nd day of January, 1997.

EITHNE FITZGERALD,

Minister of State at the Department of

Enterprise and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Regulations modify certain provisions of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 in regard to their application to young persons employed in the fishing or shipping sectors.