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The Commissioner for Labour will draw the attention of industrialists, through the media, to the fact that the new regulations governing the employment of women and young persons in industry will come under the Employment Ordinance, that no change of substance in the law is effected (other than that outlined in paragraph 12 above) and that all the forms and notices made and permissions and exemptions already granted under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations will continue to be valid until they are withdrawn or replaced under the relevant provisions of the Employment Ordinance.
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Members will be asked to advise:
(a) whether the Employment (Amendment) Bill 1980 and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Amendment) Bill 1980, at Annexes A and B respectively, should be introduced into the Legislative Council; and
(b) whether the Women and Young Persons (Industry) Regulations 1980 and the Employment of Children (Amendment) Regulations 1980, at Annexes C and D respectively, should be approved in principle, to be submitted to Members to be made after the two bills referred to in (a) above have passed into law.
(The Deputy Secretary for Social Services (Mr J. W. CHAMBERS), the Commissioner for Labour (Mr J. N. HENDERSON) and Crown Counsel (Mr L. C. McCORMACK) will attend before the Council for the discussion of this item).
21st January 1980
(CR 10/3231/79 SS 24/3231/70 II)
G.S. 84
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