PART VIII

EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN

34. Prohibition of night work.

(1) Except in accordance with regulations made under this Act or any exemption granted under the proviso to this subsection no employer shall require any female employee to work in any industrial or agricultural undertaking between the hours of ten o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning nor commence work for the day without having had a period of eleven consecutive hours free from such work:

Provided that the Director-General may, on application made to him in any particular case, exempt in writing any female employee or class of female employees from any restriction in this subsection, subject to any conditions he may impose.

(2) Any person:

(a) who is affected by any decision made or condition imposed under the proviso to subsection (1); and

(b) who is dissatisfied with such decision or condition,

may within thirty days of such decision or condition being communicated to him appeal in writing therefrom to the Minister.

(3) In deciding any appeal made to him under subsection (2), the Minister may make such decision or order thereon, including the alteration or removal of any condition imposed or the imposition of any further condition, as appears just and such decision or order shall be final.

35. Prohibition of underground work.

No female employee shall be employed in any underground working.

36. Prohibition of employment by Minister.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Part the Minister may by order prohibit or permit the employment of female employees in such circumstances or under such conditions as may be described in such order.

REGULATIONS EMPLOYMENT (EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN) (FEMALE CONDUCTORS) REGULATIONS 1958

2.Any female employee employed under the Public Service Vehicles (Control of Drivers and Conductors) Regulations 1952, and licensed as a conductor of a public service vehicle, may work between the hours of ten o'clock in the evening and one o'clock in the morning of the following day notwithstanding the provisions of section 34 of the Employment Act 1955.

3. No female employee referred to in regulation 2 shall work between the hours of one o'clock and five o'clock in the morning.

4. No female employee referred to in regulation 2 shall commence work without having had a period of eleven consecutive hours free from such work.

EMPLOYMENT (EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN) (SHIFT WORKERS) REGULATIONS 1970

2. Notwithstanding the provision of section 34 of the Employment Act 1955, a female employee employed in shift work in any approved industrial undertaking which operates at least two shifts per day may subject to regulation 3 work at such times within the hours of 10 o'clock in the evening and 5 o'clock in the morning, as the Minister may approve. For the purpose of this regulation “approved industrial undertaking” means an industrial undertaking approved by the Minister to which the provisions of these regulations apply.

3. No female employee referred to in regulation 2 shall commence work without having had a period of eleven consecutive hours free from such work.