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CAP. 57]
Women and Young Persons (Industry) Regulations
[1988 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS
(Cap. 57, section 73)
[1 July 1980]
L.N. 86/80 --- L.N. 387/82, L.N. 41/88, 24 of 1988
Citation
1. These regulations may be cited as the Women and Young Persons (Industry) Regulations.
Interpretation
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires--
"employer" includes a proprietor;
"industrial undertaking" has the meaning assigned to it in the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59);
"period of employment" means the period (inclusive of the time allowed for meals and rest) within which persons may be employed on any day; "proprietor" has the meaning assigned to it in the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance;
"rest day" means a day of the week on which, under regulation 14(1), a woman or young person shall not be employed in any industrial undertaking; "week" means the period between midnight on Saturday night and midnight on the succeeding Saturday night;
"woman" means a woman who has attained the age of 18 years;
"working hours" means the time during which persons employed are at the disposal of the employer, exclusive of any intervals allowed for rest and meals; and "hours worked" has a corresponding meaning.
Application
3. (1) These regulations shall not apply to women and young persons employed in-
(a) any industrial undertaking in a clerical or managerial capacity or in any health or welfare service connected with such industrial undertaking;
(b) any undertaking which is not carried on by way of trade or for the purposes of gain;
(c) any agricultural operation;