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Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations

[1973 Ed.

[Subsidiary] Employment of women and

young persons in underground

work.

L.N. 29/69. L.N. 132/69.

Employment of women and

young persons under sixteen in dangerous trades.

Carrying of weights by women and

young persons. G.N.A. 71/58.

Facilities for resting. G.N.A. 71/58.

General conditions as to hours of employment of women and young persons. L.N. 189/67, г. 12.

5. No person shall employ any woman or young person on underground work in any mine or quarry, or in any industrial undertaking involving a tunnelling operation.

6. Except with the written permission of the Commissioner, no person shall employ any female person of whatever age or any male young person under sixteen years of age in any dangerous trade.

7. No woman or young person employed in any industrial undertaking shall be permitted to carry any load which is unreason- ably 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 sixteen years, such load shall not in any event exceed thirty catties in weight.

8. In any industrial undertaking in which women or young persons are employed, the proprietor thereof shall provide (if practicable, having regard of the layout of the premises in question) and maintain for the use of all such women and young persons, whose work is done standing, suitable facilities for sitting sufficient to enable them to take advantage of any opportunities for resting which may occur in the course of their employment.

9. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, no proprietor shall employ any woman or young person in any industrial under- taking unless the working hours, the period of employment and the intervals for meals and rest for such woman or young person conform to the following conditions, namely

(a) the total hours worked shall neither exceed eight in any

day nor exceed forty-eight in any week;

(b) the period of employment shall—

(i) in the case of a young person under the age of sixteen, not exceed nine hours in any day and shall neither begin earlier than six o'clock in the morning nor end later than seven o'clock in the evening; and

(ii) in any other case, not exceed ten hours in any day and shall neither begin earlier than six o'clock in the morning nor end later than eight o'clock in the evening; (c) no woman or young person shall be required or permitted to work continuously for a spell of more than five hours without thereafter an interval of not less than half an hour for a meal or rest:

Provided that in the case of any young person under the age of sixteen years such interval shall not be less than one hour;