Regulations, 1998

L.N.2 of 1998

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (PROMOTION)

ACT, 1994

(ACT NO. VII OF 1994)

Work Place (Protection of Young Persons) (Amendment)

Regulations, 1998

IN exercise of ~he powers conferred by sections 6 and 16 of the

Occupational Health and Safety (Promotion) Act, 1994, the Minister

for Social Welfare, in consultation with the Commission for the

Promotion of Occupational Health and Safety, has made the following

regulations:-

(I) These regulations may be cited as the Work Place

(Protection of Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998, and

shall be read and construed as one with the Work Place (Protection of

Young Persons) Regulations, 1996 hereinafter referred to as the

"principal regulations".

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into

force on the 31 st December, 1997.

For subparagraph (b) of paragraph (3) of regulation 4 of the

principal regulations there shall be substituted the following:-

"(b)

not less than two days of rest in any calendar week

Provided that no young person shall be given any work

between 2.00 a.m. and 6.00 a.m. on any Monday of any week

during which the young person is required to attend as a full

time student in any school or educational institution approved

under the Education Act.".