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in accordance with any of the provisions of the Factories
and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, whether or not,
repealed, revoked or deleted by the Factories and
Industrial Undertakings (Amendment) Ordinance 1980, and
relating to the employment of women or young persons,
and in force at the commencement of this Ordinance shall,
so far as it is not inconsistent with this Ordinance,
continue to be in force and have the like effect for all
purposes as if made in accordance with the corresponding
provisions of this Ordinance.
Explanatory Memorandum
The scope and purposes of the Employment
Regulations made under the
Ordinance (Cap. 57) include the regulation of general
conditions of employment.
Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59)
presently regulate the general conditions of employment
of women and young persons in industry. This leads to
overlapping objectives between the two sets of legislation.
It is considered desirable to rationalise the position
so that the Employment Ordinance will deal with all
measures of a social nature relating to employment
leaving the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance
to deal with safety at work. The object of this Bill is
to so provide.
matters.
Clause 2 of this Bill deals with administrative
Clause 3 repeals section 16 of the Employment