S.I. No. 2/1997:

PROTECTION OF YOUNG PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT OF CLOSE RELATIVES) REGULATIONS, 1997.

PROTECTION OF YOUNG PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT OF CLOSE RELATIVES) REGULATIONS, 1997.

I, EITHNE FITZGERALD, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 9 and 28 (1) of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (No. 16 of 1996), and the Enterprise and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Function) Order, 1996 ( S.I. No. 349 of 1996 ), hereby make the following regulations with respect of 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 such House:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of Young Persons (Employment of Close Relatives) Regulations, 1997.

2. It is hereby prescribed that sections 3, 5, 6 (1) (a) and 11 of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (No. 16 of 1996), shall not apply to the employment of close relatives.

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

EITHNE FITZGERALD, T.D.,

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 close relatives.