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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;