1988 Ed.]
Women and Young Persons (Industry) Regulations
[CAP. 57
C3
[Subsidiary]
(d) the preparation of food for consumption and sale on the premises whereon it is prepared. (L.N. 387/82)
(2) Part IV of the Ordinance does not apply in relation to women or young persons to whom these regulations apply. (L.N. 387/82)
(3) A woman or young person who works in any industrial undertaking, whether for wages or not, either in a process or in cleaning any part of the premises used for any process, or in cleaning or oiling any part of the machinery or plant or in any other kind of work whatsoever incidental to or connected with the process, or connected with the article made or otherwise the subject of the process therein, shall, save as may otherwise be provided by these regulations, be deemed to be employed therein for the purposes of these regulations or of any proceedings thereunder:
Provided that any woman or young person employed—
(a) solely in cleaning the premises or any part thereof of such industrial undertaking, otherwise than in cleaning which is incidental to or connected with any process; or
(b) solely as a caretaker in such premises,
shall not be deemed for the purposes of these regulations to be employed in such undertaking.
(4) The application of these regulations to young persons who are registered apprentices under the Apprenticeship Ordinance (Cap. 47) and their employers shall be subject to any specific provisions to the contrary in that Ordinance.
Employment in underground work
4. No person shall employ any woman or young person on underground work in any mine or quarry, or in any other industrial undertaking involving a tunnelling operation.
Employment of women and young persons under 16 in dangerous trades
5. (1) Except with the written permission of the Commissioner, no person shall employ any female person of whatever age or any male young person under 16 years of age in any dangerous trade.
(2) In paragraph (1), "dangerous trade" has the meaning assigned to it in the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59).
Carrying of weights by women and young persons
6. No woman or young person employed in any industrial undertaking shall be permitted to carry any load which is unreasonably heavy having regard to the age and physical development of such woman or young person; and in the case of a young person under the age of 16 years, such load shall not in any event exceed 18 kg in weight.