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Uimhir 4 de 1938.
ACHT NA SIOPAÍ (COINNÍOLLACHA FOSTAÍOCHTA), 1938.
CUID I.
Roimhraiteach agus Generalta.
Gearr-theideal agus tosach feidhme.
1.—(1) Féadfar Acht na Siopaí (Coinníollacha Fostaíochta), 1938, do ghairm den Acht so.
(2) Tiocfaidh an tAcht so i ngníomh pé lá ceapfar chuige sin le hordú ón Aire, go gcnerálta no i dtaobh aon Choda no forála áirithe, agus féadfar laetheanta deifriúla do cheapadh amhlaidh do Choda deifriúla agus d'fhorálacha deifriúla den Acht so.
Mínithe.
2.—(1) San Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “an tAire” an tAire Tionnscail agus Tráchtála;
foluíonn an abairt “trádáil mhion-díola no gnó mion-díola” gnó bearbóra no gruagaire, leabhair no tréimhseacháin do thabhairt ar iasacht ar luach saothair, gnó geall-bhrócaera, úrúcháin no deochanna meisciúla do dhíol, agus mion-díola tré cheant, ach ní fholuíonn sí cláir ná clár-liostaí do dhíol in amharclanna no in áiteanna eile siamsa;
cialluíonn an abairt “siopa mór-dhíola” aon áitreabh i seilbh deighleálaí no ceannaí mhór-dhíola ina gcoimeádtar earraí chun a mór-dhíolta le custuiméirí thagann go dtí an t-áitreabh;
foluíonn an focal “siopa”—
(a) aon áitreabh ina mbíonn aon trádáil mhion-díola no gnó mion-díola ar siúl, gan an méid sin (más aon mhéid é) den áitreabh san d'áireamh ná húsáidtear chun críche na trádála mion-díola no an ghnótha mhion-díola san;
(b) aon áitreabh ina nglactar earraí díreach o chustuiméirí chun iad do chur á ndathú, á nglanadh, á ndeisiú, á n-atharú no á nigheachán, gan an méid sin (más aon mhéid é) den áitreabh san d'áireamh ná húsáidtear chun na n-earraí sin do ghlacadh amhlaidh;
(c) aon tsiopa mór-dhíola;
(d) aon stóras a bhíonn ar seilbh—
(i) chun crícheanna trádála mion-díola no gnótha mhion-díola, ag an duine go mbíonn an trádáil mhion-díola no an gnó mion-díola san ar siúl aige, no
(ii) ag deighleálaí no ceannaí mór-dhíola chun crícheanna an ghnótha bhíonn ar siúl aige i siopa mór-dhíola;
(e) tigh ósta;
cialluíonn an abairt “tigh ósta” aon áitreabh atá oiriúnach ina dhéanmhas chun é d'úsáid, agus a húsáidtear bona fide, mar thigh ósta agus seomraí codlata ann do thaistealaithe agus gan iad á n-úsáid ach mar sheomraí codlata den tsórt san;
cialluíonn an abairt “tigh úrúcháin” tigh ósta no aon áitreabh atá oiriúnach ina dhéanmhas chun é d'úsáid, agus a húsáidtear, mar thigh bídh no mar chafé no mar shiopa tae (pe'ca tá an t-áitreabh san ceadúnaithe chun deochanna meisciúla do mhiondíol ann no ná fuil);
cialluíonn an abairt “áitreabh ceadúnuithe” aon áitreabh (nach tigh úrúcháin) atá ceadúnuithe chun deochanna meisciúla do mhion-díol ann;
nuair a húsáidtear an focal “dílseánach” maidir le siopa, cialluíonn sé an duine go mbíonn gnó ar siúl aige sa tsiopa san;
cialluíonn an abairt “obair thionnscail” obair thionnscail do réir bhrí an Achta um Choinníollacha Fostaíochta, 1936 (Uimh. 2 de 1936);
cialluíonn an abairt “ball den fhuirinn”—
(a) nuair a húsáidtear í maidir le siopa (seachas tigh úrúcháin), aon duine dheineann obair ar bith (pe'ca gheibheann sé págh as a sheirbhísí no ná faghann) do dhílseánach an tsiopa san agus gur sa tsiopa san no ina thimpealas a bhíonn an obair sin á dhéanamh ar fad no nach mór ar fad agus gur obair í bhaineann ar fad no nach mór ar fad le freastal ar chustuiméirí no le horduithe do ghlacadh no le hearraí do chur amach no le hearraí do phacáil no do dhí-phacáil, agus nach obair thionnscail í, agus
(b) nuair a húsáidtear í maidir le siopa is tigh úrúcháin, aon duine dheineann obair ar bith (pe'ca gheibheann sé págh as a sheirbhísí no ná faghann) do dhílseánach an tsiopa san, agus gur obair í bhaineann leis an ngnó bhíonn ar siúl ann (seachas obair chléireachais no obair a bhaineann le bainistí an tsiopa san) agus gur sa tsiopa san no ina thimpealas a bhíonn an obair sin á dhéanamh ar fad no nach mór ar fad, agus nach obair thionnscail í;
nuair a húsáidtear an focal “gaol” maidir le dílseánach siopa, cialluíonn sé duine—
(a) is bean chéile, fear céile, athair, máthair, leas-athair, no leas-mháthair an dílseánaigh sin, no is sean-athair, sean-mháthair, mac, inghean, ua, ban-ua, leas-mhac, leas-inghean, driotháir, drifiúr, leas-driotháir no leasdrifiúr don dílseánach san, agus
(b) atá á chothabháil ag an dílseánach san agus a chomhnuíonn in éintigheas leis;
cialluíonn an focal “mion-aoiseach” duine go bhfuil ceithre bliana déag slán aige agus ná fuil ocht mbliana déag slán aige;
cialluíonn an abairt “obair shiopa” obair (laistigh no lasmuich de shiopa) a bhaineann no ghabhann leis an ngnó bhíonn ar siúl i siopa, ach ní fholuíonn sí obair a deintear maidir le siopa mórdhíola no le stóras a bhíonn ar seilbh ag deighleálaí no ceannaí mór-dhíola, seachas—
(a) obair a deintear laistigh den áitreabh, no
(b) obair a deintear maidir le hearraí do bhailiú no do sheachadadh, no le freastal ar chustuiméirí, no le teachtaireachtaí d'iompar no le dul ar theachtaireachtaí;
nuair a húsáidtear an focal “bliain” gan choinníoll, cialluíonn sé an tréimhse idir meán oíche an tSathairn deiridh de Mhí na Nodlag agus meán oíche an tSathairn deiridh den chéad Mhí na Nodlag ina dhiaidh sin;
nuair a húsáidtear an focal “orduithe” maidir leis an gCúirt Dúithche, cialluíonn sé orduithe le rialacháin ar n-a ndéanamh ag an Aire Dlighidh agus Cirt fén Acht so agus i ngach cás eile cialluíonn sé orduithe le rialacháin ar n-a ndéanamh ag an Aire fén Acht so.
(2) Chun crícheanna an Achta so tuigfear ball d'fhuirinn shiopa do bheith ar fostú i bhfostaíocht dílseánaigh an tsiopa san.
(3) Chun crícheanna an Achta so tuigfear duine is ball d'fhuirinn shiopa do bheith ag déanamh oibre siopa ar feadh aon tréimhse (seachas eatraimh le hagaidh béilí no sosa) a bheidh sé i láthair (agus nach contrárdha d'ordú o dhílseánach an tsiopa san é) sa tsiopa san agus a bheidh a sheirbhísí ar fáil ag an dílseánach san.
(4) Má bhíonn trádála no gnóthaí deifriúla ar siúl ag an duine céanna i bpáirteanna deifriúla d'áitreabh ar bith, tuigfear, chun crícheanna an Achta so, gur siopa aon pháirt den áitreabh san ina mbíonn aon tsaghas áirithe trádála mion-díola no gnótha mhiondíola ar siúl.
An tAcht do bhaint le háiteanna ina mbíonn agus le feithiclí o n-a mbíonn trádáil mhion-díola ar siúl.
3.—Bainfidh forálacha an Achta so le háit ar bith ina mbíonn no le feithicil ar bith o n-a mbíonn aon trádáil mhion-díola no gnó mion-díola ar siúl fé is dá mba shiopa an áit no an fheithicil sin agus, chó fada agus théigheann aon áit no feithicil den tsórt san, fé is dá mb'é an duine ag á mbíonn an trádáil mhion-díola no an gno mion-díola ar siúl dílseánach an tsiopa san.
Gan an tAcht do bhaint le nithe áirithe.
4.—(1) Ní bhainfidh éinní atá san Acht so le haon aonach a bheidh ar siúl go dleathach, ná le haon bhasár ná díolachán bronntanas chun crícheanna déirciúla no eile ná deintear aon bhrabús prío-bháideach asta, ná le haon leabharlainn nach chuige bheirtear leabhair no tréimhseacháin ar iasacht inti chun crícheanna sochair seachas brabús do dhéanamh i gcóir cuspóra dhaoncharadaigh no dhéirciúíl éigin (le n-a n-áirmhítear aon chuspóir creidimh no oideachais) no i gcóir aon chlub no fundúireachta nach chun crícheanna sochair a bhíonn sé féin ar siúl.
(2) Lasmuich de chás dá bhforáltar a mhalairt go follusach, ní bheidh feidhm ag an Acht so maidir le—
(a) ball d'fhuirinn shiopa is gaol do dhílseánach an tsiopa san, ná
(b) ball d'fhuirinn shiopa ina mbíonn gnó Post-Oifige ar siúl ar n-a cheapadh ag an Aire Puist agus Telegrafa, ná
(c) duine (seachas ball d'fhuirinn shiopa) dheineann obair shiopa do dhílseánach an tsiopa san agus is gaol don dílseánach san, ná
(d) freastalaithe ar charranna úrúcháin bóthair iarainn ná carranna úrúcháin bóthair iarainn.
Pionóisí mar gheall ar chiontaí.
5.—Gach duine bheidh ciontach i gcionta fé alt ar bith den Acht so, seachas cionta dá bhforáltar pionós speisialta leis an Acht so, dlighfear, ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair—
(a) más ball d'fhuirinn shiopa an duine sin, fíneáil do chur air—
(i) nach mó ná dhá phunt másé an chéad chionta den tsórt san aige é agus fós (más cionta leanúnach an cionta san) fíneáil bhreise nach mó ná deich scillinge in aghaidh gach lae leanfar den chionta san, agus
(ii) nach mó ná cúig púint másé an dara cionta no aon chionta ina dhiaidh sin den tsórt san aige é agus fós (más cionta leanúnach an cionta san) fíneáil bhreise nach mó ná punt in aghaidh gach lae leanfar den chionta san, no
(b) maran ball d'fhuirinn shiopa an duine sin, fíneáil do chur air—
(i) nach mó ná deich bpúint másé an chéad chionta den tsórt san aige é agus fós (más cionta leanúnach an cionta san) fíneáil bhreise nach mó ná dhá phunt in aghaidh gach lae leanfar den chionta san, agus
(ii) nach mó ná fiche punt másé an dara cionta no aon chionta ina dhiaidh sin den tsórt san aige é agus fós (más cionta leanúnach an cionta san) fíneáil bhreise nách mó ná ceithre púint in aghaidh gach lae leanfar den chionta san.
Ciontaí cóluchtaí corpruithe.
6.—Má dheineann cólucht corpruithe cionta fé aon alt den Acht so agus go gcruthófar go ndearnadh amhlaidh é le toiliú no le ceadú éinne, no gur cuireadh a dhéanamh in usacht le haon fhaillí i bpáirt éinne, is stiúrthóir no bainisteoir ar an gcólucht chorpruithe sin no is rúnaí no oifigeach eile dhó, tuigfear an stiúrthóir, an bainisteoir, an rúnaí no an t-oifigeach eile sin freisin do bheith ciontach sa chionta san agus féadfar imeachta do bhunú ina choinnibh agus é phionósú dá réir sin.
Ciontaí do chúiseamh.
7.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire cionta ar bith fé aon alt den Acht so (ach amháin Cuid VI) do chúiseamh.
(2) Cionta ar bith fé aon alt den Acht so (ach amháin Cuid VI) a dhéanfaidh dílseánach siopa maidir le ball d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san féadfaidh an ball san no aon oifigeach de cheárd-chumann chláruithe dar comhalta an ball san é chúiseamh.
Cionntapacht mar chosaint.
8.—Má cúisítear duine in aon chionta fé aon alt atá i gCuid III no i gCuid IV den Acht so beidh sé ina chosaint mhaith ar an gcúiseamh san an duine sin dá chruthú chun sástachta na cúirte gur os a cóir a triailfear an cionta san gur ghá, no gur cheart do réir réasúin, an sárú adeirtear do rinneadh ar an alt san do dhéanamh de bhíthin tóiteán, tuile, stoirm, éigean no aon chionntapacht eile do thárlachtaint no do bheith ag bagairt no coinne réasúnta do bheith leis an gcéanna.
Breacacháin chun crícheanna Codanna II, III agus IV.
9.—(1) Pé uair agus chó minic agus is oiriúnach leis é, féadfaidh an tAire le hordú (dá ngairmtear ordú breacachán san Acht so) a cheangal ar gach duine is dílseánach ar shiopa breacacháin, i dtaobh na nithe sin is dóich leis is gá chun Codanna II, III agus IV den Acht so d'fhoirfheidhmiú go cuibhe agus a luadhfar san ordú san, do choimeád sa tsiopa san maidir le gach ball d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san, agus, más oiriúnach leis é, féadfaidh leis an ordú san a chur mar cheangal na breacacháin sin do bheith í bhfuirm áirithe.
(2) Féadfaidh an tAire le hordú fén alt so leasú no ceiliúradh do dhéanamh ar aon ordú bheidh déanta fén alt so (le n-a n-áirmhítear an fo-alt so).
(3) Má thárlann aon uair a bheidh ordú breacachán i bhfeidhm go dteipfidh ar dhílseánach shiopa no go bhfailleoidh no go ndiúltóidh déanamh do réir éilithe an orduithe sin no go gcuirfidh in aon bhreacachán, is gá don dílseánach san do réir an orduithe sin do choimeád, aon iontráil a bheidh bréagach in aon phonc táchtach agus a fhios aige an céanna do bheith bréagach, beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
(4) Ní bheidh feidhm ag an alt so maidir le dílseánach siopa más gaolta don dílseánach san na baill uile d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san.
Comhachta cigire don Aire fé Choda I, II, III agus IV.
10.—(1) Féadfaidh cigire, chun forálacha Codanna I, II, III agus IV den Acht so d'fhoirfheidhmiú, gach ní no éinní acu so leanas do dhéanamh, sé sin le rá:—
(a) dul isteach gach tráth réasúnta in aon tsiopa no in aon pháirt de;
(b) a cheangal ar dhílseánach an tsiopa san no ar ionadaí an dílseánaigh sin aon bhreacacháin do thabhairt ina láthair is gá don dílseánach san do réir orduithe bhreacachán do choimeád, agus na breacacháin sin d'iniúchadh agus cóipeanna do dhéanamh d'iontrála ionta.
(2) Má dheineann duine ar bith—
(a) cosc no bac do chur ar chigire agus é ag feidhmiú aon chomhachta dá mbronntar ar an gcigire sin leis an alt so, no
(b) diúltú d'aon bhreacachán do thabhairt i láthair a cheanglóidh cigire air go dleathach do thabhairt i láthair, no
(c) aon bhreacachán a bheidh bréagach in aon phonc táchtach agus a fhios aige é bheith bréagach do thabhairt i láthair chigire no a chur fé ndeár é thabhairt ina láthair no a cheadú go feasach é thabhairt ina láthair,
beidh an duine sin ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
(3) San alt so cialluíonn an focal “cigire” duine bheidh ceaptha ag an Aire chun na gcomhacht a bronntar ar chigire leis an alt so d'fheidhmiú.
Achmaireacht den Acht do thaisbeáint.
11.—(1) Déanfaidh an té is dílseánach ar shiopa an achmaireacht orduithe den Acht so, agus í sa bhfuirm orduithe, do thaisbeáint, i nGaedhilg agus i mBéarla, sa tsiopa san ina leithéid sin d'ionad go bhféadfaidh na baill d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san í léigheamh go saoráideach.
(2) Má theipeann ar dhílseánach siopa déanamh do réir a n-éilítear leis an alt so, beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
(3) Ní bheidh feidhm ag an alt so maidir le dílseánach siopa más gaolta don dílseánach san na baill uile d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san.
Rialacháin.
12.—Féadfaidh an tAire rialacháin do dhéanamh i dtaobh éinní no aon ruda dá dtagartar san Acht so mar ní no mar rud atá orduithe no le hordú agus nach ní no rud a húdaruíter leis an Acht so d'ordú le rialacháin ar n-a ndéanamh ag an Aire Dlighidh agus Cirt.
Orduithe do leagadh fé bhráid Tithe an Oireachtais.
13.—Gach ordú dhéanfaidh an tAire fén Acht so leagfar é fé bhráid gach Tighe den Oireachtas chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis a dhéanta, agus má dheineann ceachtar Tigh den Oireachtas, laistigh den lá is fiche shuidhfidh an Tigh sin tar éis an orduithe sin do leagadh fé n-a bhráid, rún do rith ag cur an orduithe sin ar nea-mbrí beidh an t-ordú san curtha ar nea-mbrí dá réir sin, ach beidh san gan dochar do dhleathacht éinní do rinneadh roimhe sin fén ordú san.
Costaisí.
14.—Sa mhéid go gceadóidh an tAire Airgeadais é, is amach as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas a híocfar na costaisí uile fé n-a raghfar chun an Achta so (ach amháin Cuid VI dhe) do chur i bhfeidhm.
Athghairm.
15.—Deintear leis seo na hachtacháin a luaidhtear sa Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so d'athghairm sa mhéid a luaidhtear sa tríú colún den Sceideal san.
CUID II.
Srian le Mion-Aoisigh d'Fhostu.
Toirmeasc ar dhaoine fé bhun ceithre bliana déag d'aois d'fhostú i siopaí.
16.—(1) Ní bheidh sé dleathach do dhílseánach siopa duine ar bith fé bhun ceithre bliana déag d'aois d'fhostú chun obair shiopa do dhéanamh.
(2) Ní bheidh sé dleathach do dhílseánach siopa leigint do dhuine ar bith atá fé bhun ceithre bliana déag d'aois agus is gaol don dílseánach san obair shiopa do dhéanamh ach amháin mar phost pháirt-aimsire.
(3) Má fhostuíonn dílseánach siopa duine contrárdha don alt so beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus beidh an duine sin freisin ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
Cruthúnas ar aois mhionaoiseach roimh iad d'fhostú.
17.—(1) Ní bheidh sé dleathach do dhílseánach siopa mionaoiseach ar bith d'fhostú chun obair shiopa do dhéanamh mara ndeintear ná go dtí go ndéanfar deimhniú beireatais no fianaise shásúil eile i dtaobh aoise an mhion-aoisigh sin do thabhairt don dílseánach san.
(2) Pé uair is gá deimhniú beireatais mhion-aoisigh chun crícheanna an ailt seo beidh an mion-aoiseach san no a thuismitheoir no a chaomhnóir, ar iarratas i scríbhinn do thíolacadh a bheidh sa bhfuirm sin agus ina mbeidh na mion-innste sin a ordóidh an tAire Riaghaltais Aiteamhail agus Sláinte Poiblidhe agus ar tháille de shé pingne d'íoc, i dteideal cóip dheimhnithe d'fháil d'iontráil bheireatais an mhion-aoisigh sin i gclár na mbeireatas agus í fé láimh an chlárathóra no an cheann-chlárathóra no dhuine eile ag á mbeidh coimeád an chláir sin, agus déanfaidh gach clárathóir beireatas agus gach ceann-chlárathóir no duine eile ag á mbeidh coimeád an chláir fuirmeacha i gcóir an iarratais sin do chur ar fáil in aisce ar iad d'iarraidh.
(3) Má fhostuíonn dílseánach siopa mion-aoiseach contrárdha don alt so beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus beidh an mion-aoiseach san freisin ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
Srian le huimhir nea-chuibhe de mhion-aoisigh d'fhostú.
18.—(1) Fé réir forálacha an ailt seo, féadfaidh an tAire, pé uair agus chó minic agus is oiriúnach leis é, na nithe seo leanas do dhéanamh le hordú, sé sin le rá:—
(a) an t-ordú san do chur i mbaint le siopaí d'aicme áirithe (a míneofar sa tslí sin agus do réir na nithe sin is dóich leis an Aire is ceart) a bheidh suidhte in aon líomatáiste luadhfar no go luadhfar a theoranta san ordú san, agus
(b) a thoirmeasc mion-aoisigh d'fhostú mar bhaill d'fhuirinn aon tsiopa den aicme sin sa líomatáiste sin.
(2) Fé réir forálacha an ailt seo, féadfaidh an tAire, pé uair agus chó minic agus is oiriúnach leis é, na nithe seo leanas do dhéanamh le hordú, sé sin le rá:—
(a) an t-ordú san do chur i mbaint le siopaí d'aicme áirithe (a míneofar sa tslí sin agus do réir na nithe sin is dóich leis an Aire is ceart) a bheidh suidhte i líomatáiste luadhfar no go luadhfar a theoranta san ordú san, agus
(b) na siopaí sin do roinnt, do réir na huimhreach de dhaoine fásta bheidh ar fostú mar bhaill d'fhuirinn gach siopa fé leith acu san, i pé grádanna agus i pé méid grádanna is dóich leis an Aire is ceart, agus
(c) a thoirmeasc aon mhion-aoisigh de bhreis ar an uimhir a ceapfar leis an ordú san alos aon ghráid áirithe d'fhostú mar bhaill d'fhuirinn aon tsiopa bheidh sa ghrád san.
(3) Féadfaidh ordú fén alt so baint le níos mó ná aon aicme amháin de shiopaí agus sa chás san féadfaidh forálacha deifriúla do bheith ann maidir leis na haicmí deifriúla de shiopaí le n-a mbainfidh an t-ordú san.
(4) Féadfar a fhoráil le haon ordú fén alt so, más ceart san dar leis an Aire, go dtuigfear, chun gach críche no aon chríche (fé mar a luadhfar san ordú san) de chrícheanna an orduithe sin, dílseánach siopa is duine fásta do bheith ina bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san.
(5) Nuair a bheidh an uimhir de bhaill fhásta d'fhuirinn shiopa á déanamh amach chun crícheanna orduithe fén alt so áirmheofar aon daoine fásta is gaolta do dhílseánach an tsiopa san agus is baill d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san.
(6) Féadfaidh an tAire, le hordú, leasú no ceiliúradh do dhéanamh ar aon ordú bheidh déanta fén alt so (le n-a n-áirmhítear an fo-alt so).
(7) Má dheineann an té is dílseánach ar shiopa le n-a mbainfidh ordú fén alt so bheidh i bhfeidhm de thurus na huaire éinní contrárdha don ordú san sa mhéid go mbainfe sé leis an siopa san beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
(8) San alt so—
ní fholuíonn an focal “mion-aoiseach” aon phríntíseach a bheidh, le linn tosach feidhme na Coda so den Acht so, ar fostú fé dhintiúirí chuireann mar cheangal air fónamh mar phríntíseach ar feadh tréimhse nach giorra ná trí bliana ná aon phríntíseach a bheidh, le linn tosach feidhme na Coda so den Acht so no dá éis sin, ar fostú mar phríntíseach fé rialacha ar n-a ndéanamh ag coiste príntíseachta fén Acht Príntíseachta, 1931 (Uimh. 56 de 1931), ach foluíonn sé aon mhion-aoiseach (seachas aon phríntíseach den tsórt san) is gaol do dhílseánach siopa agus oibríonn go rialálta mar bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san;
cialluíonn an abairt “duine fásta” duine ná fuil fé bhun ocht mbliana déag d'aois.
(9) Beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas maidir le hordú do dhéanamh fén alt so, sé sin le rá:—
(a) sara ndeinidh an tAire an t-ordú san cuirfidh fé ndeár dréacht den ordú san d'ullamhú agus cuirfidh fé ndeár fógra do chur san Iris Oifigiúil agus sna páipéirí nuachta san is dóich leis is ceart agus a léightear sa líomatáiste go mbeifear ar intinn an t-ordú beartuithe do bhaint leis, fógra—
(i) ina ndéarfar é bheith ar intinn an t-ordú san do dhéanamh, agus
(ii) ina luadhfar téarmaí an dréacht-orduithe sin, agus
(iii) ina n-iarrfar ar gach páirtí le n-a mbainfidh aon chúis is oiriúnach leo do phlé leis fé cheann aimsire áirithe i dtaobh an dréacht-orduithe sin;
(b) ní dhéanfaidh an tAire an t-ordú san in aon chás go ceann na haimsire áirithe sin;
(c) i gcionn na haimsire áirthe sin féadfaidh an tAire, tar éis dó aon chúis a pléidhfear leis fé cheann na haimsire áirithe sin do bhreithniú, an t-ordú san do dhéanamh do réir téarmaí an dréachta san, gan atharú no gus na hatharuithe sin is dóich leis is ceart.
(10) Má deintear ordú fén alt so beidh san ina fhianaise prima facie go ndearnadh forálacha fo-ailt (9) den alt do chólíonadh go cuibhe.
CUID III.
Uaireanna Oibre agus Trathanna i gcoir Beili.
Srian le mionaoisigh d'fhostú istoíche ar obair shiopa.
19.—(1) Déanfar eatramh d'aon uair dhéag a chluig ar a laighead as a chéile do lomháil, i ngach tréimhse de cheithre huaire fichead a chluig idir meán lae lá áirithe agus meán lae an lá ina dhiaidh sin, do mhion-aoiseach a bheidh ar fostú chun obair shiopa do dhéanamh agus, fé réir forálacha an chéad fho-ailt ina dhiaidh seo, beidh na huaireanna o n-a 10 p.m. go dtí n-a 6 a.m. ina gcuid den eatramh san.
(2) An t-eatramh d'aon uair dhéag a chluig as a chéile luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo ní gá, i gcás mionaoisigh ná fuil fé bhun sé bliana déag d'aois, go mbeadh mar chuid de—
(a) an uair a chluig idir 5 a.m. agus 6 a.m. más buachaill an mion-aoiseach san agus go mbíonn sé ag obair i gcaitheamh na huaire a chluig sin maidir le bainne no arán no páipéirí nuachta do chruinniú no do sheachadadh, ná
(b) na huaireanna a chluig idir 10 p.m. agus 12 a chlog meán oíche más buachaill an mion-aoiseach san agus go mbíonn sé ag obair idir na huaireanna a chluig sin maidir le béilí do riaradh ar chustuiméirí chun a gcaithte san áitreabh agus maidir leis sin amháin, ná
(c) má bhíonn an mion-aoiseach san ag obair maidir le haon trádáil mhion-díola no gnó mion-díola deintear in amharclainn agus go mbeidh taibhiú ar siúl san amharclainn sin a thosnóidh roimh a 10 a chlog p.m. agus a chríochnóidh tar éis a 10 a chlog p.m. agus tráth nach déanaí ná 1 a chlog a.m., na huaireanna a chluig a bheidh an taibhiú san ar siúl.
(3) Má deintear éinní contrárdha d'fhorálacha an ailt seo maidir le mion-aoiseach ar bith, beidh an té is fostóir ar an mionaoiseach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear fíneáil ná raghaidh thar deich bpúint do chur air.
(4) San alt so foluíonn an focal “amharclann” aon áit a húsáidtear chun pictiúirí no éifeachtaí eile radhairc do thaisbeáint le cinematograf no le gléas oiriúnach eile.
(5) Beidh feidhm ag an alt so maidir le mion-aoiseach a dheineann obair shiopa go rialálta do dhílseánach siopa agus is gaol don dílseánach san.
Uaireanna oibre sa ló agus sa tseachtain, agus págh breis-aimsire.
20.—(1) Ní bheidh sé dleathach do dhílseánach siopa leigint d'aon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san leanúint d'obair shiopa do dhéanamh dó tar éis an ama in aon lá bheidh aon uair dhéag a chluig obair shiopa curtha isteach (pe'ca don dílseánach san amháin é no don dílseánach san agus do dhaoine eile) ag an mball san an lá san.
(2) Lasmuich de chás dá bhforáltar a mhalairt leis an alt so, ní bheidh sé dleathach do dhílseánach siopa leigint d'aon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san leanúint d'obair shiopa do dhéanamh dó tar éis an ama in aon tseachtain a bheidh an tréimhse sin acu so leanas is oiriúnach sa chás curtha isteach (pe'ca don dílseánach san amháin é no don dílseánach san agus do dhaoine eile) ag an mball san, sé sin le rá:—
(a) más tigh ósta an siopa san, sé huaire caogad a chluig obair shiopa sa tseachtain sin, no
(b) in aon chás eile, ocht n-uaire is dachad a chluig obair shiopa sa tseachtain sin.
(3) D'ainneoin éinní atá sa bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo, féadfaidh dílseánach siopa leigint d'aon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san atá sé bliana déag d'aois no os a chionn obair shiopa do dhéanamh dó in aon tseachtain ar feadh tréimhse is sia ná sé huaire caogad a chluig más tigh ósta an siopa san no ar feadh tréimhse is sia ná ocht n-uaire is dachad a chluig in aon chás eile, ach gan an méid uair a chluig d'obair shiopa dhéanfaidh an ball san (pe'ca don dílseánach san amháin é no don dílseánach san agus do dhaoine eile) do dhul—
(a) más tigh ósta an siopa san—
(i) thar sé huaire seascad a chluig in aon tseachtain, ná
(ii) thar dhá chéad agus ceithre huaire is dachad a chluig in aon tréimhse de cheithre seachtaine i ndiaidh a chéile, ná
(iii) thar dhá mhíle agus naoi gcéad uair a chluig in aon bhliain, no
(b) in aon chás eile—
(i) thar seasca uair a chluig in aon tseachtain, ná
(ii) thar dhá chéad agus sé huaire déag a chluig in aon tréimhse de cheithre seachtaine i ndiaidh a chéile, ná
(iii) thar dhá mhíle agus sé chéad uair a chluig in aon bhliain.
(4) Más rud é—
(a) go lomhálfar lá saoire iomlán do bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa, mar chuid dá shaoire bhliantúil, in aon tseachtain (seachas seachtain ina lomhálfar lá saoire iomlán dó gach lá seachtaine dhi más siopa trádála nea-speisialta an siopa san no, in aon chás eile, seachtain ina lomhálfar lá saoire iomlán dó gach lá dhi), no
(b) go lomhálfar lá saoire iomlán do bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa trádála nea-speisialta ar lá saoire puiblí no go lomhálfar lá saoire iomlán dó fé sna forálacha de Chuid IV den Acht so bhaineann le laetheanta saoire cúitimh do thabhairt do bhaill d'fhóirne siopaí trádála nea-speisialta bhíonn ag obair ar laetheanta saoire puiblí,
tuigfear, chun crícheanna fo-alt (2) agus (3) den alt so, an ball san do dhéanamh ocht n-uaire a chluig oibre siopa an lá lomhálfar an lá saoire iomlán san.
Sa bhfo-alt so tá an bhrí chéanna leis an abairt “siopa trádála nea-speisialta” atá léi i gCuid IV den Acht so.
(5) I gcás obair thionnscail do bheith á dhéanamh ag ball d'fhuirinn shiopa ar feadh tréimhse ar bith, tuigfear, chun crícheanna an ailt seo, obair shiopa do bheith á dhéanamh ag an mball san ar feadh na tréimhse sin.
(6) Má leigeann dílseánach siopa d'aon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san obair shiopa do dhéanamh dó ar feadh uimhir d'uaireanna a chluig in aon tseachtain tar éis uimhir d'uaireanna a chluig d'obair shiopa de bhreis ar shé caogad, más tigh ósta an siopa san, no uimhir d'uaireanna a chluig d'obair shiopa de bhreis ar ocht is dachad, in aon chás eile, do bheith curtha isteach ag an mball san sa tseachtain sin (pe'ca don dílseánach san amháin é no don dílseánach san agus do dhaoine eile), tuigfear gur aontuigh an dílseánach san págh breis-aimsire d'íoc leis an mball san, in aghaidh gach uaire a chluig den bhreis sin, do réir ráta an uair a chluig is ionann agus an gnáth-ráta seachtainiúil, ar n-a áireamh do réir uaireanna a chluig, agus é méaduithe cúig fichead per cent. ar a laighead.
(7) Fé réir forálacha an ailt seo, féadfaidh an tAire pé uair agus chó minic agus is oiriúnach leis é, le hordú fén bhfo-alt so, aon cheann de sna forálacha den alt so bhaineann le huaireanna a chluig do leasú maidir le siopaí d'aicme áirithe (a míneofar sa tslí sin agus do réir na nithe sin is oiriúnach leis) in aon líomatáiste luadhfar no go luadhfar a theoranta san ordú san, agus sa chás san faid a bheidh an t-ordú san i bhfeidhm is fé réir an leasuithe sin a bheidh éifeacht ag an alt so maidir leis na siopaí sin, ach san fé réir oibriú aon orduithe ar n-a dhéanamh ag an Aire fé fho-alt (9) den alt so.
(8) Fé réir forálacha an ailt seo, féadfaidh an tAire le hordú fén bhfo-alt so aon ordú bheidh déanta fé fho-alt (7) den alt so no fén bhfo-alt so do cheiliúradh no do leasú.
(9) Pé uair agus chó minic agus is oiriúnach leis é féadfaidh an tAire, le hordú fén bhfo-alt so, aon cheann de sna forálacha den alt so bhaineann le huaireanna a chluig do leasú maidir le gach siopa no le siopaí d'aicme áirithe (a míneofar sa tslí sin agus do réir na nithe sin is oiriúnach leis) in aon líomatáiste luadhfar no go luadhfar a theoranta san ordú san agus a dhearbhú go mbeidh feidhm ag an leasú san in aghaidh tréimhse áirithe, agus sa chás san beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, ar feadh na tréimhse áirithe sin, sé sin le rá:—
(a) is fé réir an leasuithe sin a bheidh éifeacht ag an alt so maidir leis na siopaí sin,
(b) má bhíonn ordú fé fho-alt (7) den alt so i bhfeidhm agus go mbainfidh an t-ordú san le haon tsiopaí le n-a mbainfidh an t-ordú san fén bhfo-alt so, beidh oibriú an orduithe sin fén bhfo-alt san (7) ar fiunraoi ar feadh na tréimhse áirithe sin.
(10) Pé uair a bheidh beartuithe ag an Aire ordú do dhéanamh fé fho-alt (7) no fé fho-alt (8) den alt so raghaidh, sara ndeinidh an t-ordú san—
(a) i gcomhairle le haon chomhlachaisí atá ionadathach do dhilseánaigh shiopaí go bhfuiltear ar intinn an t-ordú san do bhaint leo, más dóich leis an Aire na comhlachaisí sin do bheith ann, agus
(b) i gcomhairle le aon chomhlachaisí atá ionadathach do bhaill d'fhóirne na siopaí sin, más dóich leis an Aire na comhlachaisí sin do bheith ann.
(11) Má dheineann dílseánach siopa éinní contrárdha don alt so, beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
(12) Ní háirmheofar aon eatramh a lomhálfar i rith aon lae nuair a beifear á dhéanamh amach cé méid uair a chluig oibre siopa do rinneadh an lá san.
Fostaíocht ina sealaí
21.—(1) Fé réir na bhforálacha den Acht so bhaineann le heatraimh le haghaidh béilí, ní déanfar uaireanna fostaíochta baill d'fhuirinn shiopa (seachas tigh úrúcháin no leabhar-bhoth bóthair iarainn ar árdán bhóthair iarainn no comhgarach dó) do roinnt ar dháta ar bith i mbreis agus dhá sheal, agus ní lugha ná ceithre huaire a chluig an tréimhse bheidh idir aon dá sheal den tsórt san.
(2) Pé uair agus chó minic agus is oiriúnach leis é féadfaidh an tAire, le hordú fén bhfo-alt so, na forálacha d'fho-alt (1) den alt so bhaineann leis an méid seal ina bhféadfar uaireanna fostaíochta baill d'fhuirinn shiopa do roinnt lá ar bith, agus na forálacha den fho-alt san a bhaineann le faid na tréimhse idir sealaí, no na forálacha san araon, do leasú maidir le siopaí (seachas tithe úrúcháin no leabhar-bhotha bóthair iarainn ar árdáin bhóthair iarainn no comhgarach dóibh) d'aicme áirithe (a míneofar sa tslí sin agus do réir na nithe sin is dóich leis an Aire is ceart) i líomatáiste áirithe, agus sa chás san faid a bheidh an t-ordú san i bhfeidhm is fé réir an leasuithe sin a bheidh éifeacht ag an bhfo-alt san maidir leis na siopaí sin.
(3) Féadfaidh an tAire, le hordú fén bhfo-alt so, leasú no ceiliúradh do dhéanamh ar aon ordú bheidh déanta fén alt so (le n-a n-áirmhítear an fo-alt so).
(4) Má deintear éinní contrárdha don alt so alos aon bhaill d'fhuirinn shiopa, beidh dílseánach an tsiopa san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
Eatraimh le haghaidh béilí.
22.—(1) Déanfar eatraimh le haghaidh béilí do lomháil do gach ball d'fhuirinn shiopa do réir na rialacha atá sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so.
(2) Má deintear éinní contrárdha don alt so alos aon bhaill d'fhuirinn shiopa, beidh dílseánach an tsiopa san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear na pionóisí luaidhtear sa Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do chur air.
(3) Ní bheidh feidhm ag an alt so maidir le ball d'fhuirinn shiopa is leabhar-bhoth bóthair iarainn ar árdán bhóthair iarainn no comhgarach dó.
Fógraí i dtaobh uaireanna oibre, etc.
23.—(1) Déanfaidh dílseánach siopa go mbíonn daoine ar bith ar fostú aige mar bhaill d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san a luadh i bhfógra (dá ngairmtear fógra i dtaobh uaireanna oibre sa Chuid seo den Acht so), a bheidh sa bhfuirm orduithe agus a coimeádfar ar síor-thaisbeáint in áit so-fheicse sa tsiopa san ina bhféadfaidh na daoine sin é léigheamh go caothúil, cadiad na huaireanna a chluig a bheidh na daoine sin ag obair de thurus na huaire agus cadiad na heatraimh le haghaidh sosa agus béilí lomhálfar de thurus na huaire do sna daoine sin.
(2) Féadfaidh dílseánach siopa o am go ham fógra nua i dtaobh uaireanna oibre do chur in ionad sean-fhógra i dtaobh uaireanna oibre, ach ní dhéanfaidh san mara mbeidh sé tar éis a chur in úil, ocht n-uaire is dachad a chluig ar a laighead roimh theacht i ngníomh don fhógra nua san i dtaobh uaireanna oibre, do gach duine fé leith de sna baill d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san 'na n-atharófar na n-uaireanna oibre leis an bhfógra nua san i dtaobh uaireanna oibre go bhfuil ar intinn aige fógra nua i dtaobh uaireanna oibre do chur in ionad an tsean-fhógra, agus cadiad téarmaí an fhógra nua san i dtaobh uaireanna oibre.
(3) Má dheineann dílseánach siopa éinní (tré ghníomh no tré fhaillí) contrárdha don alt so, beidh an dílseánach san ciontach gcionta fén alt so.
(4) Ní bhainfidh an t-alt so le dílseánach aon tsiopa más gaolta don dílseánach san na baill uile d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san.
E bheith d'oblagáid ar dhílseánaigh shiopaí déanamh do réir fógra i dtaobh uaireanna oibre.
24.—(1) Ní bheidh sé dleathach do dhílseánach siopa leigint d'aon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san obair shiopa do dhéanamh dó ar feadh aon uaireanna a chluig lá ar bith seachas na huaireanna oibre bheidh luaidhte in aghaidh an lae sin alos an bhaill sin sa bhfógra i dtaobh uaireanna oibre bheidh i bhfeidhm de thurus na huaire maidir leis an siopa san.
(2) Má dheineann dílseánach siopa éinní contrárdha don alt so beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
(3) Má cúisítear dílseánach siopa i gcionta fén alt so beidh sé ina chosaint mhaith ar an gcúiseamh san an dílseánach san dá chruthú chun sástachta na cúirte gur os a cóir a triailfear an cionta san gur ghá an sárú adeirtear do rinneadh ar an alt so de dheascaibh ball no baill d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san do bheith breoite no de dheascaibh cúise eile ná raibh coinne léi.
Rátaí páigh atá anois ann do bhuan-choimeád.
25.—(1) Más rud é, chun déanamh do réir na Coda so den Acht so, go ndéanfar na huaireanna oibre bheidh ann díreach roimh thosach feidhme na Coda so den Acht so maidir le haon bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa do laigheadú no d'atharú ar shlí eile, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) ní déanfar ráta an tuarastail, an pháigh, no an luach saothair eile (gan áireamh do dhéanamh ar phágh bhreis-aimsire ná ar aon íocaíochtaí as obair do thosnú níos luaithe no obair do chríochnú níos déanaí ná baill eile d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san a bhíonn ar fostú in obair den tsamhail chéanna) is iníoctha leis an mball san díreach roimh an tosach feidhme sin do laigheadú ná d'atharú ar shlí eile chun dochair don bhall san de bhíthin an laigheaduithe no an atharuithe sin ar uaireanna oibre an bhaill sin agus dá bhíthin sin amháin;
(b) ní dhéanfaidh an laigheadú no an t-atharú san ar na huaireanna oibre deireadh do chur leis an gconnradh seirbhíse gur fé bheidh an ball san ar fostú amhlaidh díreach roimh an tosach feidhme sin ná ní dhéanfaidh dochar don chonnradh san, agus leanfaidh gach connradh den tsórt san i bhfeidhm tar éis an tosach feidhme sin gus na hatharuithe sin amháin is gá chun déanamh do réir na Coda so den Acht so, agus go sonnrách gus an atharú ná déanfar, d'ainneoin an laigheaduithe no an atharuithe sin ar uaireanna oibre, an meán-tuilleamh seachtainiúil (gan áireamh do dhéanamh ar phágh bhreis-aimsire ná ar aon íocaíochtaí as obair do thosnú níos luaithe no obair do chríochnú níos déanaí ná baill eile d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san a bhíonn ar fostú in obair den tsamhail chéanna) is iníoctha i ngnáth-sheachtain iomlán oibre leis an mball san fén gconnradh san do laigheadú;
(c) gach có-aontú, idir dílseánaigh shiopaí no cólucht is ionadathach do dhílseánaigh shiopaí ar thaobh agus baill d'fhóirne siopaí no cólucht is ionadathach do bhaill d'fhóirne siopaí ar an taobh eile, a bheidh i bhfeidhm díreach roimh an tosach feidhme sin agus le n-a rialálfar no srianfar ráta an tuarastail, an pháigh, no an luach saothair eile is iníoctha leis an mball san, leanfa sé i bhfeidhm (fé réir téarmaí aon chó-aontuithe den tsórt san ina dhiaidh sin) tar éis an tosach feidhme sin d'ainneoin an laigheaduithe no an atharuithe sin ar uaireanna oibre ach san gus an atharú go bhfanfaidh gach ráta tuarastail, páigh, no luach saothair eile bheidh ceaptha no go mbeidh modh a áirmhithe ceaptha leis an gcó-aontú san, agus gach srian le haon ráta tuarastail, páigh, no luach saothair eile bheidh sa chó-aontú san, gan atharú ina mhéid ná maidir le n-a mhéid;
(d) gach ráta minimum tuarastail, páigh, no luach saothair eile bheidh ceaptha le reacht no fé údarás reachtúil agus a bheidh i bhfeidhm díreach roimh an tosach feidhme sin, leanfaidh, má bhaineann agus sa mhéid go mbainfidh leis an mball san, leanfaidh (fé réir téarmaí aon chó-aontuithe go mbeidh an ball san no cólucht is ionadathach don bhall san agus do bhaill eile d'fhóirne siopaí páirteach ann), tar éis an tosach feidhme sin, de bheith i bhfeidhm agus gan atharú maidir le n-a mhéid d'ainneoin an laigheaduithe no an atharuithe sin ar uaireanna oibre.
(2) Beidh feidhm agus éifeacht ag fo-alt (1) den alt so maidir le gach ordú a dhéanfaidh an tAire fén gCuid seo den Acht so ag ceapadh uaireanna oibre, ach san gus na hatharuithe agus fé réir na n-atharuithe go ndéanfar gach tagairt atá sa bhfo-alt san do thosach feidhme na Coda so den Acht so do léiriú agus go mbeidh éifeacht aici mar thagairt do theacht i ngníomh don ordú san agus go ndéanfar gach tagairt atá sa bhfo-alt san i dtaobh déanamh do réir na Coda so den Acht so do léiriú agus go mbeidh éifeacht aici mar thagairt do chólíonadh an orduithe sin.
(3) Bainfidh an t-alt so freisin le págh ar n-a áireamh tré thagairt díreach do dhéanamh don uimhir d'uaireanna a chluig a hoibríodh, ach san gus an atharú go ndéanfar, chun crícheanna na bainte sin, gach foráil atá san alt so, agus gurb é a ciall go bhfanfaidh ráta páigh no ráta minimum páigh no srian le ráta páigh gan atharú, do léiriú agus go mbeidh éifeacht aici mar fhoráil go ndéanfar an ráta páigh in aghaidh na huaire a chluig do choigeartú no d'atharú i slí go bhfanfaidh an meán-tuilleamh seachtainiúil gan atharú.
CUID IV.
Laetheanta Saoire.
“Siopa trádála Domhnaigh”, “siopa trádála speisialta” agus “siopa trádála nea-speisialta”.
26.—So Chuid seo den Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “siopa trádála Domhnaigh” siopa (seachas tigh úrúcháin no áitreabh ceadúnuithe) ina mbíonn gnó ar siúl de ghnáth ar an Domhnach;
cialluíonn an abairt “siopa trádála speisialta” siopa—
(a) is tigh úrúcháin, no
(b) is áitreabh ceadúnuithe, no
(c) is siopa trádála Domhnaigh, no
(d) is leabhar-bhoth bóthair iarainn ar ardán bhóthair iarainn no comhgarach dó;
cialluíonn an abairt “siopa trádála nea-speisialta” siopa nach siopa trádála speisialta.
“Bliain fhostaíochta”.
27.—(1) Sa Chuid seo den Acht so, nuair a húsáidtear an abairt “bliain fhostaíochta” i dtaobh baill d'fhuirinn shiopa cialluíonn sí tréimhse bhliana dar tosach an lá is déanaí chuaidh an ball san i bhfostaíocht dílseánaigh an tsiopa san no aon lá cinn bhliana don lá san.
(2) I gcás—
(a) únaeracht ghnótha bheidh ar siúl i siopa d'aistriú tar éis tosach feidhme na Coda so den Acht so tré ghníomh na bpáirtithe no tré oibriú dlí i gcaitheamh bliana fostaíochta duine ar bith do bhí ina bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san díreach roimh an aistriú san, agus
(b) an duine sin do leanúint de bheith ina bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san tar éis an aistrithe sin,
tuigfear, chun crícheanna na Coda so den Acht so (le n-a n-áirmhítear fo-alt (1) den alt so) an duine sin do bheith ar fostú mar bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san, ag an duine (dá ngairmtear an dílseánach nua sa bhfo-alt so) chun a n-aistreofar an gnó san, i dtosach na bliana fostaíochta san agus as san amach, ach má lomháladh saoire bhliantúil in aghaidh na bliana fostaíochta san don duine sin roimh an aistriú san tuigfear chun na gcrícheanna san gurb é an dílseánach nua do lomháil an tsaoire bhliantúil sin dó.
“Fostaíocht leanúnach”.
28.—Má thárlann briseadh i bhfostaíocht bhaill d'fhuirinn shiopa le dílseánach an tsiopa san de bhíthin breoiteachta an bhaill sin, de bhíthin na hoibre ina mbeidh sé ar fostú amhlaidh do stad go sealadach, de bhíthin laigheaduithe shealadaigh ar mhéid sheachtainiúil na hoibre sin, no de bhíthin aon chúise sealadaighe eile nach é gníomh no faillí an bhaill sin fé ndeár í tuigfear, chun aon tréimhse fostaíochta leanúnaighe leis an dílseánach san do réir bhrí aon ailt den Chuid seo den Acht so d'áireamh, an ball san do bheith i bhfostaíocht an dílseánaigh sin faid a lean an briseadh sin más rud é, agus amháin más rud é, go ndearnadh do réir na gcoinníollacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) an ball san do dhul, nuair a bhí deireadh leis an mbriseadh sin, thar n-ais i bhfostaíocht leis an dílseánach san, agus
(b) gan an ball san do bheith ar fostú ag déanamh oibre siopa faid a lean an briseadh sin, agus
(c) gan an briseadh sin do leanúint níos sia ná mí.
Léiriú na n-abairtí “lá saoire iomlán do lomháil” agus “leath-lá saoire do lomháil”.
29.—(1) Tuigfear chun crícheanna na Coda so den Acht so dílseánach siopa do lomháil lae shaoire iomláin lá áirithe do bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san más rud é, agus amháin más rud é, ná leigfidh an dílseánach san don bhall san aon obair do dhéanamh dó an lá san.
(2) Tuigfear chun crícheanna na Coda so den Acht so dílseánach siopa do lomháil leath-lae shaoire lá áirithe do bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san más rud é, agus amháin más rud é, ná leigfidh an dílseánach san don bhall san aon obair do dhéanamh dó an lá san tar éis an ama gurb é an t-am ceaptha é maidir leis an mball san.
(3) San alt so cialluíonn an abairt “an t-am ceaptha”—
(a) maidir le ball d'fhuirinn shiopa is tigh úrúcháin, 3 a chlog p.m. no an tráth a bheidh cúig huaire a chluig caithte tar éis an ama do thosnuigh an duine sin ar obair an lá bheidh i gceist sa tsiopa san, pe'ca aca san is luaithe, agus
(b) maidir le ball d'fhuirinn aon tsiopa eile, 1.30 a chlog p.m.
Laetheanta saoire puiblí.
30.—(1) Fé réir forálacha an ailt seo, is lá saoire puiblí, chun crícheanna na Coda so den Acht so, gach lá acu so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) Lá Nodlag nuair a thuitfidh ar lá den tseachtain no, nuair a thuitfidh ar an Domhnach, an 27adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, agus
(b) Lá Fhéile Stiofáin nuair a thuitfidh ar lá den tseachtain no, nuair a thuitfidh ar an Domnach, an chéad Luan ina dhiaidh sin, agus
(c) Lá Fhéile Pádraig nuair a thuitfidh ar lá den tseachtain no, nuair a thuitfidh ar an Domhnach, an chéad Luan ina dhiaidh sin, agus
(d) Luan Cásca, Luan Cincíse, agus an chéad Luan de Lúnasa.
(2) Pé uair a déanfar, in aon bhliain áirithe, lá do cheapadh fén Acht Laetheanta Saoire Puiblí, 1924 (Uimh. 56 de 1924), chun bheith ina lá saoire bainc in ionad lae luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so tuigfear, an bhliain sin, an lá ceapfar amhlaidh do bheith curtha sa bhfo-alt san in ionad an lae luaidhtear amhlaidh agus léireofar an fo-alt san agus beidh éifeacht aige dá déir sin.
(3) Pé uair agus chó minic agus is oiriúnach leis é, féadfaidh an tAire le hordú fén bhfo-alt so, fo-alt (1) den alt so do leasú, alos aon líomatáiste áirithe, in aon tslí no slite acu so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) tríd an 1adh lá d'Eanar, no an 6adh lá d'Eanar, do chur in ionad an lae is lá saoire puiblí de bhuadh míre (b) den fho-alt san (1),
(b) tré Dhéardaoin Deasgabhála do chur in ionad Luain Chásca,
(c) tré Fhéile Chorp Críost no an 29adh lá de Mheitheamh do chur in ionad Luain Chincíse,
(d) tríd an 15adh lá de Lúnasa do chur in ionad an chéad Luain de Lúnasa,
agus pé uair a déanfar aon ordú den tsórt san alos aon líomatáiste áirithe, ansan, faid a bheidh an t-ordú san i bhfeidhm, is fé réir an leasuithe sin a bheidh éifeacht ag fo-alt (1) den alt so maidir le siopaí ar bith sa líomatáiste sin.
(4) Féadfaidh an tAire le hordú fén bhfo-alt so leasú no ceiliúradh do dhéanamh ar aon ordú bheidh déanta aige fén alt so (le n-a n-áirmhítear an fo-alt so).
Págh alos laetheanta saoire.
31.—(1) I gcás dílseánach siopa do lomháil saoire bliantúla ar bith do réir an Achta so d'aon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san, íocfaidh an dílseánach san leis an mball san, alos gach lae den tsaoire bhliantúil sin, tuarastal no págh do réir an ráta gur dá réir a bhí luach saothair an bhaill sin iníoctha díreach roimh thosach na saoire bliantúla san.
(2) I gcás—
(a) dílseánach siopa do lomháil lae shaoire iomláin (seachas lá saoire iomlán is cuid de shaoire bhliantúil) lá ar bith d'aon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san do réir na Coda so den Acht so, no
(b) dílseánach siopa thrádála nea-speisialta do lomháil lae shaoire iomláin ar lá saoire puiblí d'aon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san,
ní dhéanfaidh an dílseánach san éinní do bhaint de thuarastal no de phágh an bhaill sin alos an lae shaoire iomláin sin.
(3) San alt so déanfar an abairt “tuarastal no págh” do léiriú maidir le ball d'fhuirinn shiopa mar abairt ná foluíonn págh breis-aimsire ná aon íocaíocht as obair do thosnú níos luaithe no obair do chríochnú níos déanaí ná baill eile d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san a bhíonn ar fostú in obair den tsamhail chéanna.
(4) Chun críche an ailt seo folóidh an abairt “tuarastal no págh,” i gcás baill d'fhuirinn shiopa dá lomhálfar saoire bhliantúil agus do bhí, díreach roimh thosach na saoire bliantúla san, i dteideal cothú no lóistín no iad araon d'fháil mar chuid dá luach saothair, an tsuim sin maidir leis an gcéanna a dhéanfaidh Breitheamh den Chúirt Dúithche go ndlighinse sa líomatáiste ina mbeidh an siopa san a cheapadh, cheal có-aontuithe, ar iarratas ón mball san (a bheidh sa bhfuirm orduithe agus go ndéanfar, deich lá ar a laighead sara n-éistfear an t-iarratas, cóip de do sheirbheáil i bpearsain no tré leitir chláruithe ar dhílseánach an tsiopa san no ar a ionadaí agus ar chléireach na cúirte dúithche) agus ní bheidh dul thar breith an Bhreithimh sin ar an iarratas san.
(5) Féadfaidh an tAire Dlighidh agus Cirt rialacháin do dhéanamh ag ordú na fuirme dá dtagartar sa bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo mar fhuirm orduithe.
Feidhm theoranta ag Cuid IV maidir le freastalaithe ar charranna úrúcháin bóthair iarainn.
32.—An méid sin den Chuid seo den Acht so bhaineann le saoire bhliantúil ball d'fhóirne siopaí agus le págh in aghaidh saoire bliantúla, beidh feidhm aige maidir le freastalaithe ar charranna úrúcháin bóthair iarainn, agus chun crícheanna na feidhme sin—
(a) tuigfear freastalaí ar charr úrúcháin bhóthair iarainn do bheith ina bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa thrádála speisialta, agus
(b) tuigfear gur dílseánach ar shiopa thrádála speisialta an chuideachta bhóthair iarainn ag á mbeidh freastalaí ar charr úrúcháin bhóthair iarainn ar fostú.
Leath-laetheanta saoire seachtainiúla ball d'fhóirne siopaí (seachas tithe úrúcháin agus áitreabhacha ceadúnuithe) agus laetheanta saoire iomlána cúitimh in ionad leath-laetheanta saoire seachtainiúla ball d'fhóirne tithe úrúcháin agus áitreabhacha ceadúnuithe.
Leath-laetheanta saoire seachtainiúla ball d'fhóirne siopaí (seachas tithe úrúcháin agus áitreabhacha ceadúnuithe).
33.—(1) Déanfaidh dílseánach siopa, is siopa trádála nea-speisialta no siopa trádála Domhnaigh, leath-lá saoire do lomháil do gach ball fé leith d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san ar lá seachtaine amháin (nach lá is lá saoire puiblí más siopa trádála nea-speisialta an siopa san) i ngach seachtain (seachas seachtain is cuid de choicíos lae shaoire phuiblí) agus i ngach coicíos lae shaoire phuiblí.
(2) Déanfaidh dílseánach siopa, is siopa trádála nea-speisialta no siopa trádála Domhnaigh, fógra sa bhfuirm agus sa tslí orduithe do thabhairt, alos gach seachtaine (seachas seachtain is cuid de choicíos lae shaoire phuiblí) agus alos gach coicíse lae shaoire phuiblí, tráth nach déanaí ná an Satharn roimh an seachtain sin no roimh an gcoicíos lae shaoire phuiblí sin (do réir mar a bheidh) do gach ball fé leith d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san a bheidh ar fostú aige an Satharn san, fógra á luadh cadé an lá seachtaine sa tseachtain sin no sa choicíos lae shaoire phuiblí sin (do réir mar a bheidh) ar a bhfuil beartuithe aige leath-lá saoire do lomháil don bhall san do réir fo-ailt (1) den alt so, agus má deintear teip i ndéanamh do réir an fho-ailt seo no má lomháltar leath-lá saoire sa tseachtain sin no sa choicíos lae shaoire phuiblí sin ar lá seachtaine ar bith seachas an lá seachtaine luadhfar sa bhfógra san, tuigfear, chun crícheanna an fho-ailt sin (1), nach fén bhfo-alt san (1) do lomháladh aon leath-lá saoire do lomháladh don bhall san sa tseachtain sin no sa choicíos lae shaoire phuiblí sin.
(3) I gcás iomlán na tréimhse de shaoire bhliantúil a lomhálfar do bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa thrádála nea-speisialta do bheith in aon tseachtain amháin, ní bheidh feidhm ag fo-alt (1) ná ag fo-alt (2) den alt so maidir leis an seachtain sin.
(4) I gcás iomlán na tréimhse de shaoire bhliantúil a lomhálfar do bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa thrádála Domhnaigh do bheith i dhá sheachtain, ní bheidh feidhm ag fo-alt (1) ná ag fo-alt (2) den alt so maidir leis na seachtainí sin.
(5) I gcás na tréimhse de shaoire bhliantúil a lomhálfar do bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa thrádála nea-speisialta do bheith i dhá seachtain, ní bheidh feidhm ag fo-ailt (1) agus (2) den alt so ach maidir leis an seachtain sin acu san a roghnóidh dílseánach an tsiopa san, agus ní lá de chuid na tréimhse sin de shaoire bhliantúil an lá luadhfar i bhfógra fén bhfo-alt san (2) sa tseachtain a roghnófar amhlaidh.
(6) I gcás na tréimhse de shaoire bhliantúil a lomhálfar do bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa thrádála Domhnaigh do bheith i dtrí seachtaine, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) ní bheidh feidhm ag fo-alt (1) ná ag fo-alt (2) den alt so maidir leis an dara seachtain acu san,
(b) ní bheidh feidhm ag fo-ailt (1) agus (2) den alt so ach maidir leis an gcéad sheachtain no leis an tríú seachtain acu san, do réir mar a roghnóidh dílseánach an tsiopa san, agus ní lá de chuid na tréimhse sin de shaoire bhliantúil an lá luadhfar i bhfógra fén bhfo-alt san (2) sa tseachtain a roghnófar amhlaidh.
(7) Má theipeann ar dhílseánach aon tsiopa, is siopa trádála nea-speisialta no siopa trádála Domhnaigh, no má dhiúltann no má fhaillíonn déanamh do réir forálacha fo-ailt (1) den alt so, beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear na pionóisí luaidhtear sa Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do chur air.
(8) San alt so cialluíonn an abairt “coicíos lae shaoire phuiblí” maidir le haon tsiopa an tseachtain ina mbeidh lá is lá saoire puiblí don tsiopa san, agus an tseachtain díreach roimhe sin.
(9) Sa Chuid seo den Acht so cialluíonn an abairt “leath-lá saoire reachtúil” lá ar a lomhálfar leath-lá saoire do réir an ailt seo.
Laetheanta saoire cúitimh do bhaill d'fhóirne tithe úrúcháin agus áitreabhacha ceadúnuithe in ionad leathlaetheanta saoire seachtainiúla.
34.—(1) Déanfaidh dílseánach siopa, is tigh úrúcháin no áitreabh ceadúnuithe, an uimhir sin de laetheanta saoire iomlána do lomháil do gach ball fé leith d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san a chuirfidh in áirithe ná fuighidh an ball san—
(a) níos lugha ná dhá lá saoire iomlána ar laetheanta seachtaine i ngach mí fé leith ina raibh an ball san ar fostú go leanúnach aige, ná
(b) níos lugha ná sé cinn fhichead de laetheanta saoire iomlána ar laetheanta seachtaine i ngach tréimhse de dhá mhí dheág, ag tosnú an 1adh lá d'Eanar, ina raibh an ball san ar fostú go leanúnach aige.
(2) Má lomháltar dhá leath-lá saoire in aon mhí do bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa, tuigfear, chun crícheanna fo-ailt (1) den alt so, gur lomháladh aon lá saoire iomlán amháin don bhall san sa mhí sin.
(3) Má lomháltar saoire bhliantúil do bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa, is tigh úrúcháin no áitreabh ceadúnuithe, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) tuigfear chun crícheanna an ailt seo gur lomháil dílseánach an tsiopa san aon lá saoire iomlán amháin don bhall san sa mhí ina dtosnóidh an tsaoire bhliantúil sin;
(b) ní tuigfear aon pháirt de lá is cuid den tsaoire bhliantúil sin do bheith ina leath-lá saoire chun crícheanna fo-ailt (2) den alt so.
(4) Má theipeann ar dhílseánach siopa, is tigh úrúcháin no áitreabh ceadúnuithe, no má fhaillíonn no má dhiúltann déanamh do réir forálacha fo-ailt (1) den alt so, beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear na pionóisí luaidhtear sa Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do chur air.
Laetheanta saoire cúitimh do bhaill d'fhóirne siopaí bhíonn ag obair ar an Domhnach agus do bhaill d'fhóirne siopaí trádála nea-speisialta bhíonn ag obair ar laetheanta saoire puiblí.
Laetheanta saoire cúitimh do bhaill d'fhóirne siopaí bhíonn ag obair ar an Domhnach.
35.—(1) Mara lomhálaidh dílseánach siopa lá saoire iomlán ar an Domhnach in aon tseachtain do bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san, lomhálfaidh an dílseánach san dó ar lá éigin (nach lá ar a lomhálfaidh an dílseánach san lá saoire iomlán no leath-lá saoire dhó do bhun aon fhorála eile den Chuid seo den Acht so) sa tseachtain sin—
(a) lá saoire iomlán má dheineann an ball san obair shiopa ar feadh níos mó ná ceithre huaire a chluig ar an Domhnach san, no
(b) leath-lá saoire, má dheineann an ball san obair shiopa ar feadh tréimhse is sia ná dhá uair a chluig ach nach sia ná ceithre huaire a' chluig.
(2) I gcás—
(a) ball d'fhuirinn shiopa do bheith i dteideal leath-lae shaoire in aon tseachtain fén alt so, agus
(b) dílseánach an tsiopa san do lomháil lae shaoire iomláin don bhall san ar lá sa tseachtain sin is leath-lá saoire reachtúil maidir leis an mball san,
tuigfear gur lomháil an dílseánach san leath-lá saoire don bhall san fén alt so ar an lá san.
(3) Má theipeann ar dhílseánach siopa no má fhaillíonn no má dhiúltann déanamh do réir forálacha fo-ailt (1) den alt so, beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear na pionóisí luaidhtear sa Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do chur air.
Laetheanta saoire cúitimh do bhaill d'fhóirne siopaí trádála nea-speisialta bhíonn ag obair ar laetheanta saoire puiblí.
36.—(1) Mara lomhálaidh dílseánach siopa thrádála nea-speisialta lá saoire iomlán ar lá saoire puiblí do bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san, no má lomhálann sé lá saoire iomlán ar lá saoire puiblí don bhall san ach gur do bhun an ailt deiridh sin roimhe seo dhéanfa sé amhlaidh, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) lomhálfaidh an dílseánach san lá saoire iomlán don bhall san ar lá seachtaine éigin (nach lá saoire puiblí eile ná lá ar a lomhálfaidh an dílseánach san lá saoire iomlán no leath-lá saoire dhó do bhun aon fhorála eile den Chuid seo den Acht so) laistigh de cheithre lá déag tar éis an lae shaoire phuiblí sin;
(b) má scuireann an ball san, sara mbeidh an ceithre lá déag san caithte, de bheith i bhfostaíocht an dílseánaigh sin agus ná beifear tar éis an lae shaoire iomláin sin do lomháil don bhall san an tráth san, íocfaidh an dílseánach san leis págh aon lae amháin ar n-a áireamh do réir an ráta bhainfeadh leis an gcás dá mba lá de shaoire bhliantúil an lá saoire puiblí sin.
(2) Má theipeann ar dhílseánach siopa thrádála nea-speisialta no má fhaillíonn no má dhiúltann déanamh do réir forálacha fo-ailt (1) den alt so, beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a ciontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear na pionóisí luaidhtear sa Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do chur air.
Saoire Bhliantúil Ball d'Fhóirne Siopaí.
Saoire bhliantúil ball d'fhóirne siopaí.
37.—(1) Lomhálfaidh dílseánach siopa do gach ball d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san i ngach bliain iomláin fhostaíochta bheidh curtha isteach ag an mball san agus ina raibh sé go leanúnach i bhfostaíocht an dílseánaigh sin agus ina mbeidh sé tar éis oibriú ar feadh ocht gcéad déag uair a chluig ar a laighead sa bhfostaíocht san—
(a) ceithre cinn déag de laetheanta saoire iomlána as a chéile (dá ngairmtear saoire bhliantúil san Acht so), más siopa trádála speisialta an siopa san, no
(b) sé cinn de laetheanta saoire iomlána as a chéile (dá ngairmtear saoire bhliantúil freisin san Acht so), más siopa trádála nea-speisialta an siopa san.
(2) I gcás pearsa is dílseánach ar shiopa thrádála speisialta agus ar shiopa thrádála nea-speisialta d'fhostú duine ar bith mar bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa amháin acu san ar feadh aon choda de bhliain fhostaíochta bheidh á cur isteach ag an duine sin agus mar bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa eile acu san ar feadh aon choda eile den bhliain fhostaíochta san, tuigfear, chun crícheanna an ailt seo, an duine sin do bheith ina bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa thrádála speisialta san ar feadh na bliana fostaíochta san no ar feadh na coda san di ina mbeidh sé i bhfostaíocht an dílseánaigh sin.
(3) I gcás duine bheidh ar fostú mar bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa do scur, tráth ar bith seachas i ndeireadh bliana fostaíochta bheidh curtha isteach ag an duine sin, de bheith i bhfostaíocht dílseánaigh an tsiopa san mar bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san agus an duine sin do bheith i bhfostaíocht an dílseánaigh sin ar feadh aon mhí iomláin amháin ar a laighead sa bhliain fhostaíochta san agus é d'oibriú ar feadh céad go leith uair a chluig ar a laighead sa mhí sin, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) más siopa trádála speisialta an siopa san agus nár lomháil an dílseánach san, roimh an scur san, ceithre cinn déag de laetheanta saoire iomlána as a chéile don duine sin alos na gcodanna den bhliain fhostaíochta san ina raibh sé ar fostú amhlaidh, íocfaidh an dílseánach san leis an duine sin ar an scur san—
(i) págh dhá lá (ar n-a áireamh do réir an ráta do bhainfeadh leis an gcás dá mba lá de shaoire bhliantúil a lomhálfaí díreach roimh an scur san an lá san) alos gach tréimhse iomláine de dhá mhí sa chuid sin den bhliain fhostaíochta san ina mbeidh sé tar éis oibriú ar feadh trí chéad uair a chluig ar a laighead, agus
(ii) págh dhá lá (ar n-a áireamh mar adubhradh) alos na tréimhse (más ann di) sa chuid sin den bhliain fhostaíochta san is giorra ná dhá mhí ach nach giorra ná mí agus ina mbeidh sé tar éis oibriú ar feadh céad go leith uair a chluig ar a laighead;
(b) más siopa trádála nea-speisialta an siopa san agus nár lomháil an dílseánach san, roimh an scur san, sé cinn de laetheanta saoire iomlána as a chéile don duine sin alos na coda den bhliain fhostaíochta san ina raibh sé ar fostú amhlaidh, íocfaidh an dílseánach leis an duine sin ar an scur san—
(i) págh aon lae amháin (ar n-a áireamh mar adubhradh) alos gach tréimhse iomláine de dhá mhí sa chuid sin den bhliain fhostaíochta san ina mbeidh sé tar éis oibriú ar feadh trí chéad uair a chluig ar a laighead, agus
(ii) págh aon lae amháin (ar n-a áireamh mar adubhradh) alos na tréimhse (más ann di) sa chuid sin den bhliain fhostaíochta san is giorra ná dhá mhí ach nach giorra ná mí agus ina mbeidh sé tar éis oibriú ar feadh céad go leith uair a chluig ar a laighead.
(4) Féadfaidh an tAire, pé uair agus chó minic agus is dóich leis san do bheith ceart, rialacháin do dhéanamh ag atharú, maidir leis na baill uile d'fhóirne siopaí no le haon aicmí no aicme áirithe ball d'fhóirne siopaí, gach ceann no aon cheann de sna tréimhsí d'ocht gcéad déag uair a chluig, de thrí chéad uair a chluig, agus de chéad go leith uair a chluig a luaidhtear i bhfo-ailt (1) agus (3) den alt so tré pé tréimhsí no tréimhse eile, is dóich leis an Aire is ceart, do chur in ionad na dtréimhsí no na tréimhse sin, agus pé uair a bheidh aon rialacháin den tsórt san i bhfeidhm beidh éifeacht ag na fo-ailt sin maidir leis na baill d'fhóirne siopaí no leis na haicmí no an aicme ball d'fhóirne siopaí le n-a mbainfidh na rialacháin sin fé is dá ndeintí na tréimhsí sin, no pé ceann no cinn acu dá ndéanfaidh na rialacháin sin deifir, d'atharú sa tslí bheidh luaidhte sna rialacháin sin.
(5) Ní déanfar, i gcás baill d'fhuirinn shiopa thrádála speisialta, aon lá ar a lomhálfar lá saoire iomlán don bhall san do réir aon ailt eile atá sa Chuid seo den Acht so d'áireamh mar lá saoire bliantúil, ach má thagann aon lá den tsórt san idir laetheanta de shaoire bhliantúil tuigfear na laetheanta san do bheith as a chéile d'ainneoin an lae sin do theacht eatortha.
(6) Ní déanfar, i gcás baill d'fhuirinn shiopa thrádála neaspeisialta, aon lá, is Domhnach no lá saoire puiblí no is lá ar a lomhálfar lá saoire iomlán don bhall san do réir aon ailt eile atá sa Chuid seo den Acht so, d'áireamh mar lá de shaoire bhliantúil, ach má thagann aon lá den tsórt san idir laetheanta de shaoire bhliantúil tuigfear na laetheanta san do bheith as a chéile d'ainneoin an lae sin do theacht eatortha.
(7) I gcás ball d'fhuirinn aon tsiopa is ball den Fhórsa Cúltaca d'Fhórsaí Cosanta na hÉireann do bheith as láthair o n-a fhostaíocht chun bheith i láthair agus a dhualgas do chólíonadh, mar bhall den tsórt san, ag aon tréineáil tionnscnaimh, tréineáil bhliantúil no slógadh tástála tuigfear, chun aon tréimhse fostaíochta no fostaíochta leanúnaighe do réir bhrí an ailt seo d'áireamh, an ball san do bheith sa bhfostaíocht san aige le linn é bheith as láthair amhlaidh, agus dá réir sin déanfar, chun crícheanna an ailt seo, an tréimhse do bhí sé as láthair amhlaidh d'áireamh sa tréimhse fostaíochta no fostaíochta leanúnaighe sin.
(8) Bainfidh an t-alt so le bliain fhostaíochta reatha, le linn tosach feidhme na Coda so den Acht so, gach duine bheidh, le linn an tosach feidhme sin, ina bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa, agus beidh éifeacht ag an alt so maidir leis an mbliain fhostaíochta san agus maidir leis an duine sin fé is dá mbeadh an t-alt so i bhfeidhm i dtosach na bliana fostaíochta san, ach san fé réir na n-atharuithe—
(a) má théigheann an bhliain fhostaíochta san in éag laistigh de mhí tar éis tosach feidhme na Coda so den Acht so, go dtuigfear go ndearna dílseánach an tsiopa san do réir an ailt seo má lomhálann sé don duine sin, ar dháta nach déanaí ná trí mhí tar éis deireadh na bliana fostaíochta san, an tsaoire bhliantúil sin chun a mbeidh teideal ag an duine sin fén alt so alos na bliana fostaíochta san, agus
(b) más siopa trádála speisialta an siopa san agus go mbeidh an dílseánach san, roimh thosach feidhme na Coda so den Acht so, tar éis lá saoire iomlán amháin no níos mó do lomháil don duine sin sa bhliain fhostaíochta san ba shaoire bhliantúil chun crícheanna an ailt seo mara mbeadh gur lugha ná ceithre cinn déag na laetheanta saoire iomlána san no ná rabhadar as a chéile no gur lugha ná ceithre cinn déag iad agus ná rabhadar as a chéile, go dtuigfear na laetheanta saoire iomlána san do lomháladh amhlaidh do bheith ina saoire bhliantúil chun crícheanna an ailt seo agus ná beidh teideal ag an duine sin, maidir leis an mbliain fhostaíochta san, ach chun an méid sin (más aon mhéid é) laetheanta saoire iomlána as a chéile tar éis an tosach feidhme sin is có-ionann leis an méid (más aon mhéid é) laetheanta gur lugha-de ná ceathair déag an méid laetheanta saoire iomlána do lomháladh amhlaidh, agus
(c) más siopa trádála nea-speisialta an siopa san agus go mbeidh an dílseánach san, roimh thosach feidhme na Coda so den Acht so, tar éis lá saoire iomlán amháin no níos mó do lomháil don duine sin sa bhliain fhostaíochta san ba shaoire bhliantúil chun crícheanna an ailt seo mara mbeadh gur lugha ná sé cinn na laetheanta saoire iomlána san no ná rabhadar as a chéile no gur lugha ná sé cinn iad agus ná rabhadar as a chéile, go dtuigfear na laetheanta saoire iomlána san do lomháladh amhlaidh do bheith ina saoire bhliantúil chun crícheanna an ailt seo agus ná beidh teideal ag an duine sin, maidir leis an mbliain fhostaíochta san, ach chun an méid sin (más aon mhéid é) laetheanta saoire iomlána as a chéile tar éis an tosach feidhme sin is có-ionann leis an méid (más aon mhéid é) laetheanta gur lugha-de ná sé an méid laetheanta saoire iomlána do lomháladh amhlaidh.
(9) Má theipeann ar dhílseánach siopa íoc do dhéanamh le haon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san in aon airgead a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha leis an mball san fén alt so féadfaidh an ball san an t-airgead san do bhaint den dílseánach san mar fhiacha gnáth-chonnartha.
(10) Má theipeann ar dhílseánach siopa saoire bhliantúil do lomháil d'aon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san do réir an ailt seo beidh sé ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear na pionóisí luaidhtear sa Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do chur air.
Am na saoire bliantúla.
38.—(1) An t-am in aon bhliain fhostaíochta ina lomhálfaidh dílseánach siopa saoire bhliantúil do bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san a bheidh i dteideal saoire bliantúla fén gCuid seo den Acht so isé an dílseánach san a cheapfaidh é.
(2) Má thárlann, in aon bhliain fhostaíochta bhaill d'fhuirinn shiopa, go mbeidh oiread san den bhliain fhostaíochta san caithte ná beidh, más siopa trádála speisialta an siopa san, ach ceithre lá déag oibre dhi gan caitheamh no ná beidh, más siopa trádála nea-speisialta an siopa san, ach sé lá oibre dhi gan caitheamh agus ná beidh dílseánach an tsiopa san tar éis saoire bhliantúil do lomháil an uair sin don bhall san, féadfaidh an ball san, má bhíonn sé i dteideal saoire bliantúla fén Acht so, fanúint as láthair o n-a chuid oibre don dílseánach san ar feadh na gceithre lá déag san no na sé lá san (do réir mar a bheidh) agus ní tuigfear, de bhíthin é d'fhanúint as láthair amhlaidh, é do dhéanamh aon bhriseadh ar a chonnradh seirbhíse leis an dílseánach san, agus íocfaidh an dílseánach san leis an mball san alos na gceithre lá déag san no na sé lá san (do réir mar a bheidh) an méid a dhlighfeadh sé d'íoc dá lomhálfadh sé na ceithre lá déag san no an sé lá san mar shaoire bhliantúil.
(3) Má dheineann dílseánach siopa in aon bhliain fhostaíochta tréimhse saoire bliantúla do lomháil do bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san níos túisce ná an ceithre lá déag oibre deiridh den bhliain fhostaíochta san, más siopa trádála speisialta an siopa san, no níos túisce ná an sé lá oibre deiridh den bhliain fhostaíochta san más siopa trádála nea-speisialta an siopa san, agus má fhágann an ball san fostaíocht an dílseánaigh sin roimh dheireadh na bliana fostaíochta san, ní bheidh an dílseánach san i dteideal, i dtaobh na saoire bliantúla san do lomháil amhlaidh, tréimhse an fhógra is gá chun deireadh do chur leis an bhfostaíocht san do ghiorrú ná an págh ná an sochar eile do laigheadú chun a mbeidh teideal ag an mball san le linn dó an fhostaíocht san d'fhágaint.
(4) Má theipeann ar dhílseánach siopa íoc do dhéanamh le haon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san in aon airgead a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha leis an mball san fén alt so féadfaidh an ball san an t-airgead san do bhaint den dílseánach san mar fhiacha gnáth-chonnartha.
(5) San alt so cialluíonn an abairt “laetheanta oibre” laetheanta is ionáirmhithe mar laetheanta de shaoire bhliantúil chun crícheanna na Coda so den Acht so.
Fógra i dtaobh ama na saoire bliantúla.
39.—(1) Déanfaidh dílseánach siopa ar a gceangailtear leis an gCuid seo den Acht so saoire bhliantúil do lomháil do bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san fógra i scríbhinn i dtaobh an lae thosnóidh an tsaoire bhliantúil sin do thabhairt don bhall san. agus bhéarfaidh an fógra san dó ceithre lá déag ar a laighead roimh an lá san.
(2) Féadfar fógra bhéarfar do bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa do réir an ailt seo do thabhairt tríd an bhfógra san da shíneadh chun an bhaill sin no tríd an bhfógra san do chur ar taisbeáint in ionad fheiceálach ar a mbeidh teacht ag an mball san sa tsiopa san.
(3) Gach dílseánach siopa ar a gceangailtear leis an alt so an fógra san a luaidhtear sna fo-ailt sin roimhe seo den alt so do thabhairt d'aon bhall d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san agus ar a dteipfidh no fhailleoidh an fógra san do thabhairt do réir an ailt seo d'aon bhall den tsórt san ar aon ócáid ar a gceangailtear air amhlaidh san do thabhairt uaidh beidh sé ciontach i gcionta fen alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear na pionóisí luaidhtear sa Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do chur air.
Srian le ball d'fhuirinn shiopa d'oibriú ar laetheanta saoire iomlána ná ar leathlaetheanta saoire.
40.—(1) Ní bheidh sé dleathach do bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa aon obair shiopa ná obair thionnscail do dhéanamh do dhuine ar bith ar luach saothair—
(a) tráth ar bith aon lá a lomhálfar lá saoire iomlán dó fén Acht so, ná
(b) aon lá a lomhálfar leath-lá saoire dhó fén Acht so, tar éis an ama thosnóidh an leath-lá saoire sin.
(2) Má dheineann ball d'fhuirinn shiopa éinní contrárdha don alt so beidh an ball san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
CUID V.
Pagh Ball d'Fhoirne Siopai do Rialail.
Bord Páigh Shiopa.
Bord Páigh Shiopa do bhunú.
41.—(1) Ar theacht i bhfeidhm don Chuid seo den Acht so bunófar bord (dá ngairmtear an Bord san Acht so) ar a dtabharfar mar ainm agus mar theideal an Bord Páigh Shiopa chun na bhfeidhmeanna ceaptar dóibh leis an Acht so do chólíonadh.
(2) Trí baill a bheidh ar an mBord, eadhon—
(a) cathaoirleach (dá ngairmtear an Cathaoirleach san Acht so), agus
(b) dhá ghnáth-bhall.
(3) Ainmneoidh an tAire baill an Bhúird o am go ham do réir mar is gá.
(4) Beidh duine amháin de sna gnáth-bhaill ina dhuine is dóich leis an Aire do bheith ionadathach do dhílseánaigh shiopaí, agus beidh an gnáth-bhall eile ina dhuine is dóich leis an Aire do bheith ionadathach do bhaill d'fhóirne siopaí.
(5) Beidh an Cathaoirleach i seilbh oifige faid is toil leis an Aire é.
(6) Maran éag eirghe as no teacht fé dhí-cháilíocht roimhe sin dó, beidh gach gnáth-bhall den Bhord i seilbh oifige ar feadh na tréimhse sin, nach sia ná cúig bliana, a cheapfaidh an tAire le linn é d'ainmniú ach beidh sé ion-ath-ainmnithe.
(7) Má thárlann agus pé uair a thárlóidh do ghnáth-bhall den Bhord go dtabharfar mar bhreith air é bheith in a fhéimhí no go ndéanfa sé socrú no réiteach le n-a chreidmheasóirí, no go ndaorfaidh cúirt údaráis inniúil chun príosúntachta no chun piantseirbhíse é, no go scuirfe sé de bheith ina ghnáth-chomhnaí sa Stát no go mbeidh sé as láthair o gach suidhe den Bhord ar feadh tréimhse de thrí mhí gan cead ón Aire, beidh sé dí-cháilithe chun bheith i seilbh oifige gnáth-bhaill den Bhord.
(8) Pé uair a chifear don Aire ná beidh ar chumas baill den Bhord a dhualgaisí mar bhall den tsórt san do chólíonadh go ceann tamaill de dheascaibh breoiteachta no mar gheall ar leorréasún eile, féadfaidh an tAire duine do cheapadh chun gníomhú mar bhall ar feadh na tréimhse sin (nach sia ná faid an mhíchumais sin) is ceart dar leis, agus gach duine ceapfar amhlaidh chun gníomhú mar bhall den Bhord beidh sé, ar feadh na tréimhse dá gceapfar amhlaidh é, ina bhall den Bhord in ionad an bhaill sin a céad-luaidhtear.
(9) An trí bhall le chéile is quorum ag aon chruinniú den Bhord.
Rialacháin i gcóir imeachta an Bhúird.
42.—(1) Déanfaidh an Bord rialacháin chun a n-imeachta do rialú agus féadfaid, leis na rialacháin sin, socrú do dhéanamh i dtaobh gach ní no éinní acu so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) amanna agus áiteanna cruinnithe an Bhúird;
(b) na daoine dá dtabharfar fógra i dtaobh cruinnithe an Bhúird;
(c) an fhuirm agus an tslí ina gcuirfear nithe fé bhráid an Bhúird agus ina dtabharfar fianaise dhóibh agus, go sonnrách, ce'ca viva voce no i scríbhinn a bhéarfar an fhianaise sin dóibh;
(d) daoine chuir nithe fé bhráid an Bhúird, no thug fianaise don Bhord, i scríbhinn do theacht i láthair chun a gceistnithe viva voce;
(e) éinne do leigint isteach chun cruinnithe an Bhúird no do dhúnadh amach uatha;
(f) na nithe sin a chífear don Bhord do bheith riachtanach no oiriúnach chun a ngnótha do dhéanamh sa cheart.
(2) Ní bheidh feidhm ná éifeacht ar bith ag rialacháin a déanfar fén alt so mara n-aontuighidh ná go dtí go n-aontóidh an tAire leo.
Comhachta an Bhúird.
43.—(1) Chun a chur fhiachaint ar fhínnithe teacht i láthair agus chun a gceistnithe fé mhionn (agus údaruítear leis seo d'aon bhall den Bhord fínnithe do chur fén mionn san) no ar aon tslí eile agus chun a chur fhiachaint ar dhaoine scríbhinní do thabhairt i láthair beidh ag an mBord gach comhacht, ceart, agus príbhléid atá dílsithe san Ard-Chúirt no i mBreitheamh den Ard-Chúirt maidir le triail aicsin, agus beidh gairm ar n-a sighniú ag duine no níos mó de bhaill an Bhúird có-ionann agus ar aon éifeacht le próiseas fuirmeálta a bhéarfadh an Ard-Chúirt amach chun a chur fhiachaint ar fhínnithe teach i láthair agus chun a chur fhiachaint ar dhaoine scríbhinní do thabhairt i láthair.
(2) Má thárlann d'éinne—
(a) faillí do thabhairt i dteacht i láthair an Bhúird agus é gairmthe go cuibhe chun teacht ina láthair mar fhínné, no
(b) ar bheith i láthair dó mar fhínné, diúltú do mhionn do thabhairt a cheanglóidh an Bord air do réir dlí a thabhairt no d'aon scríbhinn fé n-a chomhacht agus fé n-a chúram do thabhairt i láthair a cheanglóidh an Bord air do réir dlí a thabhairt i láthair no d'aon cheist d'fhreagairt go gceanglóidh an Bord air do réir dlí í fhreagairt, no
(c) éinní eile do dhéanamh ba dhísbeagadh cúirte dá mba Chúirt Bhreithiúnais an Bord agus comhacht aige chun daoine do chur i bpríosún mar gheall ar dhísbeagadh cúirte,
féadfaidh an Bord cionta an duine sin do dheimhniú fé n-a lámha don Ard-Chúirt agus féadfaidh an chúirt sin, tar éis pé fiosrú is oiriúnach léi do dhéanamh, an duine sin do phionósú no pé ní do dhéanamh is gá chun é phionósú díreach fé is dá mbeadh sé ciontach sa chúirt sin do dhísbeagadh.
(3) Beidh teideal ag finné i láthair an Bhúird chun na saoirsí agus na bpríbhléidí céanna chun a mbeadh teideal aige dá mb'fhínné i láthair na hArd-Chúirte é.
Rátaí Minimum Páigh.
Iarrataisí ar rátaí minimum páigh do cheapadh.
44.—(1) I gcás—
(a) ball d'fhuirinn shiopa dá rá go bhfuil a phágh ró-bheag, agus
(b) gan aon rialacha fén gCuid seo den Acht so ag ceapadh páigh mhinimum agus a bhaineann leis an mball san do bheith i bhfeidhm,
féadfaidh an ball san no duine adeir é bheith ionadathach don aicme ball d'fhóirne siopaí le n-a mbaineann an ball san iarratas (dá ngairmtear iarratas um págh minimum sa Chuid seo den Acht so) do chur chun an Aire á iarraidh go gceapfaí ráta minimum páigh don aicme sin ball d'fhóirne siopaí bheidh sa líomatáiste luadhfar san iarratas san.
(2) Duine ar bith a bheidh ag déanamh iarratais um págh minimum bhéarfaidh uaidh, má iarrann an tAire san air, na mioninnste no an t-eolas san is dóich leis an Aire is gá chun an iarratais do bhreithniú agus mara ndeintear do réir éinní áirithe éileoidh an tAire fén bhfo-alt so féadfaidh an tAire diúltadh don iarratas do bhreithniú.
An tAire do bhreithniú iarrataisí um págh minimum agus dá gcur fé bhráid an Bhúird.
45.—Ar an Aire d'fháil iarratais um págh minimum alos aicme áirithe ball d'fhóirne siopaí bheidh i líomatáiste áirithe déanfaidh, ach san fé réir forálacha fo-ailt (2) den alt deiridh sin roimhe seo, san t-iarratas san do bhreithniú, agus, más deimhin leis bunús do bheith leis an iarratas san agus, maran duine den aicme sin do rinne an t-iarratas san, gur dóich leis an t-iarratasóir do bheith ionadathach don aicme sin, iarrfaidh ar an mBord rátaí minimum páigh do cheapadh don aicme sin ball d'fhóirne siopaí bheidh sa líomatáiste bheidh luaidhte san iarratas san.
Rialacha ag ceapadh rátaí minimum páigh.
46.—(1) Má iarrann an tAire ar an mBord rátaí minimum páigh do cheapadh d'aon aicme áirithe ball d'fhóirne siopaí bheidh in aon líomatáiste áirithe, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) déanfaidh an Bord fiosrú i dtaobh abhair an iarratais sin, ach sara dtosnóid ar an bhfiosrú san foillseoid, i bpáipéar nuachta éigin a léightear sa líomatáiste sin, fógra á rá go bhfuilid ar intinn an fiosrú san do dhéanamh agus á iarraidh ar dhaoine go bhfuil leas acu sa scéal fianaise do chur fé n-a mbráid, agus breithneoid aon fhianaise cuirfear fé n-a mbráid amhlaidh;
(b) ar an bhfiosrú san do bheith críochnuithe déanfaidh an Bord, fé réir forálacha an Achta so, rialacha ag ceapadh rátaí minimum páigh don aicme sin ball d'fhóirne siopaí bheidh sa líomatáiste sin, agus féadfaid leis na rialacha san rátaí minimum deifriúla do cheapadh do ghrúpaí deifriúla (a míneofar sa tslí sin agus do réir na nithe sin is dóich leis an mBord is ceart) den aicme sin ball d'fhóirne siopaí agus alos cineálacha deifriúla (a míneofar sa tslí sin agus do réir na nithe sin is dóich leis an mBord is ceart) de sna siopaí sin sa líomatáiste sin.
(2) Má rinneadh roimh an Acht so do rith, no má deintear dá éis sin, có-aontú do shighniú ag cólucht no cóluchtaí no thar ceann cóluchta no cóluchtaí atá sáthach ionadathach, dar leis an Aire, do dhílseánaigh shiopaí d'aicme áirithe i líomatáiste áirithe agus ag cólucht no cóluchtaí no thar ceann cóluchta no cóluchtaí atá sáthach ionadathach, dar leis an Aire, d'aicme áirithe ball d'fhóirne na siopaí sin, có-aontú tré n-a ndeintear rátaí tuarastail, páigh no luach saothair eile is iníoctha leis na baill sin do rialáil no do shrianadh, agus má dheineann páirtí amháin no níos mó de pháirtithe an chó-aontuithe sin an có-aontú san a chur chun an Aire agus a iarraidh air go gcuirfí fé bhráid an Bhúird é fén bhfo-alt so, féadfaidh an tAire, as a chomhairle féin, an có-aontú san do chur fé bhráid an Bhúird no diúltadh d'é do chur fé n-a mbráid, agus, má chuireann an tAire an có-aontú san fé bhráid an Bhúird amhlaidh, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) déanfaidh an Bord fiosrú i dtaobh abhair an chó-aontuithe sin, ach sara dtosnóid ar an bhfiosrú san foillseoid, i bpáipéar nuachta éigin a léightear sa líomatáiste sin, fógra á rá go bhfuilid ar intinn an fiosrú san do dhéanamh agus á iarraidh ar dhaoine go bhfuil leas acu sa scéal fianaise do chur fé n-a mbráid, agus breithneoid aon fhianaise cuirfear fé n-a mbráid amhlaidh;
(b) ar an bhfiosrú san do bheith críochnuithe déanfaidh an Bord ní amháin acu so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(i) déanfaid, fé réir forálacha an Achta so, rialacha ag ceapadh rátaí minimum páigh (is ionann agus na rátaí páigh a bheidh luaidhte sa chó-aontú san) don aicme sin, is dóich leis an mBord is ceart agus a luadhfaid sna rialacha san, de bhaill d'fhóirne siopaí den aicme sin is dóich leis an mBord is ceart agus a luadhfaid sna rialacha san agus a bheidh sa líomatáiste sin is dóich leis an mBord is ceart agus a luadhfaid no go luadhfaid a theoranta sna rialacha san, no
(ii) tuairisceoid don Aire gurb é a dtuairim ná fuil sé oiriúnach na rialacha san do dhéanamh.
Rialacha ag ceapadh rátaí minimum páigh do leasú agus do cheiliúradh.
47.—(1) Féadfaidh duine ar bith a iarraidh ar an Aire a chur fé ndeár aon rialacha ag ceapadh rátaí minimum páigh agus a bheidh i bhfeidhm do leasú ar shlite áirithe no do cheiliúradh.
(2) Má deintear iarratas chun an Aire fé fho-alt (1) den alt so, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) más deimhin leis an Aire an t-iarratasóir do bheith ina dhuine atá ionadathach do chion substainteach de bhaill d'fhóirne siopaí no de dhílseánaigh shiopaí le n-a mbaineann na rialacha is abhar don iarratas san, cuirfidh an tAire an t-iarratas fé bhráid an Bhúird;
(b) in aon chás eile féadfaidh an tAire, as a chomhairle féin, an t-iarratas do chur fé bhráid an Bhúird no diúltadh d'é chur fé n-a mbráid.
(3) Má deintear iarratas fén alt so, i dtaobh aon rialacha ag ceapadh rátaí minimum páigh agus a bheidh i bhfeidhm, do chur fé bhráid an Bhúird, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) déanfaidh an Bord fiosrú i dtaobh an iarratais sin, ach sara dtosnóid ar an bhfiosrú san foillseoid, i bpáipéar nuachta éigin a léightear sa líomatáiste le n-a mbaineann na rialacha san, fógra á rá go bhfuilid ar intinn an fiosrú san do dhéanamh agus a iarraidh ar dhaoine go bhfuil leas acu sa scéal fianaise do chur fé n-a mbráid, agus éistfid aon fhianaise cuirfear fé n-a mbráid amhlaidh;
(b) más dóich leis an mBord, ar an bhfiosrú san do bheith críochnuithe, nár cheart na rialacha san do leasú ná do cheiliúradh, tuairisceoidh an Bord don Aire dá réir sin;
(c) más dóich leis an mBord, ar an bhfiosrú san do bheith críochnuithe, gur cheart na rialacha san do leasú no do cheiliúradh déanfaidh an Bord, fé réir forálacha an Achta so, rialacha ag leasú no ag ceiliúradh (fé mar is oiriúnach leo) na rialacha san a ceadluaidhtear.
Fógra i dtaobh bheith ar intinn rialacha do dhéanamh.
48.—Cuirfidh an Bord fé ndeár, sara ndéanfaid aon rialacha fén gCuid seo den Acht so, dréacht de sna rialacha beartuithe d'ullamhú agus cuirfid fé ndeár, sara ndéanfaid na rialacha san, fógra ag luadh téarmaí an dréachta san do chur i bpáipéar nuachta éigin a léightear sa líomatáiste go mbeifear ar intinn na rialacha san do bhaint leis, agus breithneoid aon chúiseanna i dtaobh na dtéarmaí sin a pléidhfear leo tráth nach déanaí ná deich lá fichead tar éis an fhógra san d'fhoillsiú.
Rialacha do dhaingniú.
49.—(1) Aon rialacha dhéanfaidh an Bord fén gCuid seo den Acht so cuirfear fé bhráid an Aire iad chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis a ndéanta, agus leis sin, tar éis dó na rialacha san do bhreithniú, déanfaidh an tAire ordú ag daingniú na rialacha san gan atharú no gus na hatharuithe sin ortha (tré chur leo no fágaint ar lár no atharú) is oiriúnach leis tar éis dó dul i gcomhairle leis an mBord, agus ar an ordú san do dhéanamh tiocfaidh na rialacha san, fé réir na n-atharuithe sin (más aon cheann é) a bheidh déanta ag an Aire ortha, i ngníomh ar an dáta san (nach luaithe ná dáta an orduithe sin) a luadhfar san ordú san.
(2) Beidh i ngach ordú déanfar fén alt so cóip de sna rialacha le n-a mbainfidh.
(3) Má dheineann an tAire ordú fén alt so ag daingniú aon rialacha, cuirfidh an tAire fé ndeár fógra i dtaobh an orduithe sin do dhéanamh d'fhoillsiú san Iris Oifigiúil.
Cruthú ar rialacha.
50.—Má deintear, in aon imeachta fén gCuid seo den Acht so, cóip d'ordú fén alt deiridh sin roimhe seo, ag daingniú aon rialacha bheidh déanta fén gCuid seo den Acht so, do thabhairt i láthair, beidh san, má bheireann an chóip sin le tuisgint gurb í Oifig an tSoláthair d'fhoillsigh í, ina fianaise prima facie ar na rialacha san do dhéanamh agus ar a mbeidh ionta.
Toirmeasc ar phágh fé bhun rátaí minimum d'íoc.
51.—(1) Má bhíonn aon rialacha i bhfeidhm de thurus na huaire ag rialáil rátaí minimum páigh, íocfaidh dílseánach siopa le gach ball fé leith d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san le n-a mbainfidh na rátaí sin págh do réir ráta nach lugha ná an ráta minimum oiriúnach fé sna rialacha san gan aon asbaint do bhaint as.
(2) Má dheineann dílseánach siopa éinní contrárdha don alt so, beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
(3) In aon imeachta i gcoinnibh dílseánaigh shiopa fén alt so is ar an dílseánach san a bheidh a chruthú gur íoc sé págh do réir ráta nach lugha ná an ráta minimum.
(4) Má ciontuítear dílseánach siopa i gcionta fén alt so féadfaidh an chúirt, i dteanta an phionóis fhorchuirfidh an chúirt, a ordú don dílseánach san íoc do dhéanamh leis an mball d'fhuirinn an tsiopa san gur ina thaobh do rinneadh an cionta sa tsuim sin a chífear don chúirt a bheith dlite ag an dílseánach san don bhall san alos páigh; agus is do réir an ráta mhinimum is iníoctha fé sna rialacha ag rialáil rátaí minimum páigh agus a bhainfidh leis an mball san a háirmheofar an págh, ach ní dhéanfaidh an chomhacht chun a ordú págh d'íoc fén bhforáil seo baint o aon cheart a bheidh ag an duine sin chun págh do bhaint amach tré imeachta ar bith eile.
(5) Aon chó-aontú déanfar chun págh d'íoc contrárdha don alt so no chun staonadh o fheidhm do bhaint as aon cheart chun íoc páigh do réir an ailt seo d'fhoirfheidhmiú, beidh sé gan bhrí.
(6) Chun crícheanna an ailt seo foluíonn an focal “asbaint” asbaintí le haghaidh no alos éinní in aon chor (seachas asbaintí fén National Insurance Act, 1911, mar a leasuítear san le hachtacháin ina dhiaidh sin, no fén Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, mar a leasuítear san le hachtacháin ina dhiaidh sin, no fén Acht um Pinsin do Bhaintreacha agus do Dhílleachtaithe, 1935 (Uimh. 29 de 1935), mar a leasuítear san le hachtacháin ina dhiaidh sin, no asbaintí a húdaruítear le haon Acht a bhaint de phágh alos síntiúisí d'aon chiste aois-liúntais no ciste soláthair eile), agus d'ainneoin gur asbaintí iad is féidir a bhaint go dleathach de phágh fé fhorálacha na Truck Acts, 1831 to 1896, agus is gcás ball d'fhuirinn shiopa do dhéanamh aon íocaíochta, is íocaíocht a húdaruítear d'fhostóir a ghlacadh fé alt 1 den Truck Act, 1896, le n-a fhostóir tuigfear, chun crícheanna na forála san roimhe seo, gur bhain an fostóir an méid sin as págh.
Breacacháin ar phágh.
52.—(1) Má bhíonn aon rialacha ag rialáil rátaí minimum páigh i bhfeidhm agus go mbainfid le ball d'fhuirinn shiopa áirithe, beidh sé de dhualgas ar dhílseánach an tsiopa san na breacacháin sin do choimeád sa tsiopa san is gá chun a thaisbeáint go bhfuiltear ag cólíonadh na rialacha san maidir leis an mball san, agus leigint do chigire na breacacháin sin d'iniúchadh gach tráth réasúnta agus cóipeanna do dhéanamh díobh.
(2) Más rud é—
(a) go dteipfidh ar dhílseánach siopa no go bhfailleoidh na breacacháin sin do choimeád sa tsiopa san is gá do réir an ailt seo do choimeád, no go ndiúltóidh do leigint do chigire na breacacháin sin d'iniúchadh no cóipeanna do dhéanamh díobh aon tráth réasúnta, no
(b) go ndéanfaidh an dílseánach san, go toiliúil no tré fhaillí, aon iontráil a bheidh bréagach no mí-threorach in aon phone táchtach do chur sna breacacháin sin,
beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so.
(3) San alt so cialluíonn an focal “cigire” duine go n-údarás i scríbhinn aige ón Aire chun na gcomhacht a bronntar ar chigire leis an alt so d'fheidhmiú.
Saoirsí.
53.—Ní bheidh feidhm ag forálacha na Coda so den Acht so maidir le haon bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa bheidh ar fostú mar phríntíseach fé rialacha ar n-a ndéanamh ag coiste príntíseachta fén Acht Príntíseachta, 1931 (Uimh. 56 de 1931).
CUID VI.
Socru le hAghaidh Slainte agus Compoird Bhall d'Fhoirne Siopai.
Mínithe chun crícheanna Coda VI.
54.—Sa Chuid seo den Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “údarás sláintíochta” an t-údarás sláintíochta fé sna hAchtanna Sláinte Puiblí, 1878 go 1931;
cialluíonn an abairt “oiriúnach dóthanach,” maidir le haon tsiopa no páirt de shiopa, oiriúnach dhóthanach ag féachaint do sna cúrsaí agus do sna coinníollacha bhaineann leis an siopa no leis an bpáirt sin.
Forálacha i dtaobh socruithe sláintíochta no eile i siopaí.
55.—(1) Gach páirt de shiopa ina mbeidh daoine ar fostú ag dílseánach an tsiopa san chun obair shiopa do dhéanamh—
(a) beidh meáin oiriúnacha dóthanacha aeriúcháin ann agus coimeádfar aeriúchán oiriúnach dóthanach ar bun ann;
(b) beidh meáin oiriúnacha dóthanacha ann chun teodhacht réasúnta do choimeád ar bun agus coimeádfar teodhacht réasúnta ar bun ann.
(2) I ngach siopa, nach siopa go mbeidh ordú ar n-a dhéanamh fé fho-alt (6) den alt so i bhfeidhm ina thaobh de thurus na huaire, beidh leithreasaí sláintíochta oiriúnacha dóthanacha le haghaidh daoine bheidh ar fostú sa tsiopa no timpeall an tsiopa agus coimeádfar i dtreo iad.
(3) I ngach páirt de shiopa ina mbeidh daoine ar fostú chun obair shiopa do dhéanamh beidh meáin oiriúnacha dóthanacha soillsiúcháin agus coimeádfar gach páirt den tsórt san den tsiopa san soillsithe go hoiriúnach dóthanach.
(4) I ngach siopa, nach siopa go mbeidh ordú ar n-a dhéanamh fé fho-alt (7) den alt so i bhfeidhm ina thaobh de thurus na huaire, beidh saoráidí oiriúnacha dóthanacha nigheacháin le haghaidh daoine bheidh ar fostú sa tsiopa no timpeall an tsiopa agus coimeádfar i dtreo iad.
(5) Má chaitheann aon daoine bheidh ag déanamh obair shiopa aon bhéilí i siopa, beidh saoráidí oiriúnacha dóthanacha ann chun na mbéilí sin do chaitheamh.
(6) Más deimhin leis an údarás sláintíochta do cheanntar shláintíochta i dtaobh siopa ar bith sa cheanntar san—
(a) é bheith réasúnta, toisc easba slí no toisc cúrsaí speisialta eile bhaineann leis an siopa san, an siopa san do shaoradh o sna hoblagáidí forchuirtear le fo-alt (2) den alt so, agus
(b) cóiríocht oiriúnach dhóthanach shláintíochta do bheith ar fáil go caothúil ar shlí eile,
féadfaidh an t-údarás sláintíochta san le hordú (dá ngairmtear ordú saoirse san alt so) an siopa san do shaoradh o sna hoblagáidí sin.
(7) Más deimhin leis an údarás sláintíochta do cheanntar shláintíochta i dtaobh siopa ar bith sa cheanntar san—
(a) é bheith réasúnta, toisc easba slí no toisc cúrsaí speisialta eile bhaineann leis an siopa san, an siopa san do shaoradh o sna hoblagáidí forchuirtear le fo-alt (4) den alt so, agus
(b) saoráidí oiriúnacha dóthanacha nigheacháin do bheith ar fáil go caothúil ar shlí eile,
féadfaidh an t-údarás sláintíochta san le hordú (dá ngairmtear freisin ordú saoirse san alt so) an siopa san do shaoradh o sna hoblagáidí sin.
(8) Má bhíonn ordú saoirse i dtaobh aon tsiopa i bhfeidhm féadfaidh an t-údarás sláintíochta do rinne an t-ordú san, féadfaid, le hordú (dá ngairmtear ordú cealúcháin san alt so) ina luadhfar forais a dhéanta, an t-ordú saoirse sin do chealú.
(9) Má dheineann údarás sláintíochta ordú cealúcháin i dtaobh siopa ar bith, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) seirbheálfaidh an t-údarás sláintíochta cóip den ordú san ar dhílseánach an tsiopa san agus, mara ndeintear aon athchomharc i gcoinnibh an orduithe sin fén gcéad mhír ina dhiaidh seo, tiocfaidh an t-ordú san i bhfeidhm i gcionn lae is fiche tar éis dáta seirbheála na cóipe sin;
(b) féadfaidh an dílseánach san, fé cheann an lae is fiche sin, athchomharc do dhéanamh chun an Aire Riaghaltais Aiteamhail agus Sláinte Poiblidhe i gcoinnibh an orduithe chealúcháin sin;
(c) má deintear an t-athchomharc san go cuibhe, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(i) tar éis don Aire sin an scéal do bhreithniú déanfa sé, fé mar is dóich leis is ceart, ordú (dá ngairmtear ordú daingniúcháin san alt so) ag daingniú an orduithe chealúcháin sin no ordú ag ceiliúradh an orduithe chealúcháin sin;
(ii) ní thiocfaidh an t-ordú cealúcháin sin i bhfeidhm mara ndeinidh an tAire sin ordú daingniúcháin, agus sa chás san tiocfaidh an t-ordú cealúcháin sin i bhfeidhm an seachtú lá tar éis dáta an orduithe dhaingniúcháin.
(10) Má chítear d'údarás sláintíochta do cheanntar shláintíochta go ndearnadh, i gcás siopa ar bith sa cheanntar san, sárú ar fho-alt (1), ar fho-alt (2), ar fho-alt (3), ar fho-alt (4), no ar fho-alt (5) den alt so, déanfaidh an t-údarás sláintíochta san, le fógra (dá ngairmtear fógra oibreacha san alt so) a seirbheálfar ar dhílseánach an tsiopa, a cheangal air pé ní luadhfar sa bhfógra do dhéanamh, fé cheann na haimsire sin a ceapfar leis an bhfógra, chun a chur in áirithe go ndéanfar do réir an fho-ailt sin.
(11) Más rud é—
(a) go mbeidh údarás sláintíochta tar éis fógra oibreacha do sheirbheáil fén bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo ar dhílseánach siopa, agus
(b) gur tionóntachán do réir bhrí an Achta um Thiarnaí Tighe agus Tionóntaithe, 1931 (Uimh. 55 de 1931), an siopa san, agus
(c) gurb é an dílseánach san is tionónta ar an siopa san, agus
(d) gur gá, chun an ní is gá do réir an fhógra san do dhéanamh, aon obair do dhéanamh is feabhsú do réir bhrí an Achta san,
beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(i) beidh feidhm ag forálacha an Achta san fé is dá mb'é bheadh sa bhfógra oibreacha san ná fógra fé sna hAchtanna Sláinte Puiblí, 1878 go 1931, á cheangal ar an dílseánach san obair do dhéanamh is feabhsú do réir bhrí an Achta san;
(ii) má bhíonn tiarna tighe an tsiopa san tar éis geallúint oibre sláintíochta do sheirbheáil, fé réim agus do réir ailt 13 den Acht san mar a cuirtear i mbaint é amhlaidh, ar an dílseánach san agus go mbeidh an dílseánach san tar éis cóip den gheallúint oibre sláintíochta san do sheirbheáil fén alt san 13 ar an údarás sláintíochta san, tuigfear chun críche fo-ailt (12) den alt so gur sheir bheáil an t-údarás sláintíochta san an fógra oibreacha san ar an tiarna tighe sin agus tuigfear nár seirbheáladh ar an dílseánach san é.
(12) Pé uair a seirbheálfar no a tuigfear gur seirbheáladh fógra oibreacha ar dhuine ar bith agus go dteipfidh ar an duine sin no go bhfailleoidh déanamh do réir éilithe an fhógra san, beidh an duine sin ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear fíneáil ná raghaidh thar fiche punt do chur air, no, i gcás ciontuithe ina dhiaidh sin alos an éilimh chéanna, fíneáil ná raghaidh thar caoga punt no cúig púint in aghaidh gach lae o am an chéad chiontuithe alos an éilimh sin, pe'ca aca san is mó.
(13) Má cúisítear duine i gcionta fén alt so beidh sé ina chosaint a chruthú ná dearnadh aon tsárú ar fho-alt (1), ar fho-alt (2), ar fho-alt (3), ar fho-alt (4) no ar fho-alt (5) (do réir mar a bheidh) den alt so, no go ndearnadh, fé cheann aimsire réasúnta tar éis aon fhógra oibreacha do sheirbheáil, do réir éilithe an fhógra san sa mhéid gur ghá san chun a chur in áirithe go ndéanfaí do réir forálacha an fho-ailt sin.
(14) Nuair is gá do réir an ailt seo scríbhinn do sheirbheáil ar dhílseánach siopa, díreofar an scríbhinn sin chun an dílseánaigh sin agus seirbheálfar ar an dílseánach san í i slí éigin acu so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) tré n-a seachadadh don dílseánach san;
(b) tré n-a fágaint ag an seoladh ag á bhfuil gnáth-chomhnaí ar an dílseánach san;
(c) tré n-a cur tríd an bpost i leitir chláruithe roimh-íoctha agus í dírithe chun an dílseánaigh sin ag an seoladh ag á bhfuil gnáth-chomhnaí air.
Chun crícheannan an fho-ailt seo tuigfear gur ina n-oifig chláruithe bhíonn gnáth-chomhnaí ar chuideachtain a bheidh cláruithe fé sna hAchtanna Cuideachtan, 1908 go 1924, agus tuigfear gur ina bpríomh-áit no ina bpríomh-oifig ghnótha sa Stát a bhíonn gnáth-chomhnaí ar gach cólucht corpruithe agus ar gach cólucht neamh-ionchorpruithe.
(15) Ordú dhéanfaidh údarás sláintíochta fén alt so beidh sé fé n-a séala agus dílse-dheimhneofar é le sighniú a bpríomhoifigigh fheidhmiúcháin no a fhir ionaid dleathaigh, agus gach fógra thiocfaidh o údarás sláintíochta fén alt so beidh sé fé láimh a bpríomh-oifigigh fheidhmiúcháin no a fhir ionaid dleathaigh.
(16) Féadfar aon scríbhinn a dhéanfaidh údarás sláintíochta no thiocfaidh uatha fén alt so do chruthú tré chóip di do thabhairt i láthair a bheidh deimhnithe bheith ina cóip dhílis ag an duine bheireann le tuisgint gurb é príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin an údaráis sláintíochta san no a fhear ionaid dleathach é.
Suidheacháin do bhaill bhaineannacha d'fhóirne siopaí.
56.—(1) Má bhíonn baill bhaineannacha d'fhuirinn shiopa ar fostú ag freastal ar chustuiméirí in aon tseomra sa tsiopa san, beidh sé de dhualgas ar dhílseánach an tsiopa san na nithe seo leanas do dhéanamh, sé sin le rá:—
(a) suidheacháin (nach lugha a líon ná ceann in aghaidh gach trí ball baineannach den fhuirinn a bheidh ar fostú sa tseomra san) do chur ar fáil do sna baill bhaineannacha san laistiar den chuntar no i pé áit eile bheidh oiriúnach chuige sin;
(b) leigint do sna baill bhaineannacha den fhuirinn a bheidh ar fostú amhlaidh na suidheacháin sin d'úsáid pé uair ná cuirfidh an úsáid sin isteach ar a gcuid oibre;
(c) fógra do thabhairt sa tslí orduithe agus sa bhfuirm orduithe i dtaobh forálacha míre (b) den fho-alt so.
(2) Má theipeann ar dhílseánach siopa no má fhaillíonn no má dhiúltann déanamh do réir na n-oblagáidí forchuirtear air leis an alt so, beidh an dílseánach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear fíneáil ná raghaidh thar trí púint do chur air, másé an chéad chionta fén alt so aige é, agus fíneáil ná raghaidh thar cúig púint másé an dara cionta no aon chionta ina dhiaidh sin den tsórt san aige é.
Cigirí.
57.—(1) Fé réir forálacha Achta na nUdarás nAitiúil (Oifigigh agus Fostaithe), 1926 (Uimh. 39 de 1926), déanfaidh údarás sláintíochta pé cigirí agus pé méid cigirí cheadóidh no ordóidh an tAire Riaghaltais Aiteamhail agus Sláinte Poiblidhe do cheapadh chun crícheanna na Coda so den Acht so, agus tuigfear gach cigire ceapfar amhlaidh do bheith ina oifigeach sláintíochta do réir bhrí ailt 11 den Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, agus beidh feidhm ag forálacha an ailt sin dá réir sin.
(2) Má cheaduíonn an tAire Riaghaltais Aiteamhail agus Sláinte Poiblidhe é, féadfaidh údarás sláintíochta, in ionad no i dteanta cigirí do cheapadh fén bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo, pé dualgaisí i dtaobh na Coda so den Acht so do chur in éifeacht is dóich leis an údarás sláintíochta san do bheith ceart agus a cheadóidh an tAire sin do dháiliú ar aon oifigeach sláintíochta don údarás sláintíochta san fé alt 11 den Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, agus déanfaidh aon oifigeach den tsórt san ar a mbeidh na dualgaisí sin dáilithe amhlaidh na dualgaisí sin do chólíonadh agus tuigfear, má dhearbhuíonn an tAire sin é, é bheith ina chigire ar n-a cheapadh ag an údarás sláintíochta san chun crícheanna na Coda so den Acht so.
(3) Léireofar tagairtí sa chéad alt ina dhiaidh seo den Acht so do chigire d'údarás sláintíochta mar thagairtí do dhuine do cheap no tuigfear do cheap an t-údarás sláintíochta san fén alt so ina chigire chun crícheanna na Coda so den Acht so.
Comhachta cigirí d'údaráis sláintíochta.
58.—(1) Féadfaidh cigire d'údarás sláintíochta, d'fhonn a fháil amach an bhfuiltear ag déanamh do réir forálacha na Coda so den Acht so no ná fuiltear, gach ní no éinní acu so leanas do dhéanamh, laistigh de cheanntar an údaráis sláintíochta san, sé sin le rá:—
(a) dul isteach aon tráth réasúnta de ló no d'oíche in aon tsiopa sa cheanntar san;
(b) an siopa san no aon pháirt de d'iniúchadh;
(c) gach tástáil agus gach ní do dhéanamh is dóich leis is gá chuige sin.
(2) Má chuireann éinne cosc no bac le cigire d'údarás sláintíochta agus é ag feidhmiú na gcomhacht a bronntar ar an gcigire sin leis an alt so, beidh an duine sin ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear fineáil ná raghaidh thar deich bpúint do chur air.
Cuid VI d'fhoirfheidhmiú.
59.—Beidh sé de dhualgas ar an údarás sláintíochta forálacha na Coda so den Acht so d'fhoirfheidhmiú agus na comhachta dílsítear ionta leis an gCuid sin d'fheidhmiú.
Fiosrúcháin áitiúla.
60.—(1) Pé uair a bronntar comhacht ar an Aire Riaghaltais Aiteamhail agus Sláinte Poiblidhe leis an gCuid seo den Acht so chun aon ordú do dhéanamh no chun éinní eile do dhéanamh, féadfaidh an tAire sin, sara bhfeidhmighidh an chomhacht san, fiosrúchán áitiúil do dhéanamh i dtaobh an ní is abhar d'fheidhmiú na comhachta san.
(2) Beidh feidhm ag Airtiogal 32 den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, maidir le gach fiosrúchán áitiúil a déanfar fén alt so fé mar atá feidhm ag an Airtiogal san maidir leis na fiosrúcháin áitiúla luaidhtear ann agus chun crícheanna na feidhme bheidh ag an Airtiogal san 32 maidir le gach fiosrúchán áitiúil a déanfar fén alt so léireofar an tagairt atá i bhfo-airtiogal (3) den Airtiogal san 32 do chomhairlí agus d'údaráis eile le n-a mbaineann an scéal mar thagairt a fholuíonn tagairt do dhaoine ar bith eile le n-a mbaineann an scéal.
Ciontaí fé Chuid VI do chúiseamh.
61.—Má deintear aon chionta fé aon alt atá sa Chuid seo den Acht so féadfaidh an t-údarás sláintíochta don cheanntar ina ndearnadh an cionta san é chúiseamh.
Costaisí fé Chuid VI.
62.—(1) Sa mhéid go gceadóidh an tAire Airgeadais é is amach as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas a híocfar na costaisí uile fé n-a raghaidh an tAire no an tAire Riaghaltais Aiteamhail agus Sláinte Poiblidhe fén gCuid seo den Acht so.
(2) Costaisí ar bith fé n-a raghaidh údarás sláintíochta fén gCuid seo den Acht so cruinneofar agus íocfar iad fé mar a chruinnítear agus a híoctar na costaisí fé n-a dtéigheann an t-údarás sláintíochta san fé sna hAchtanna Sláinte Puiblí, 1878 go 1931, agus, i gcás bord sláinte do cheanntar sláinte contae, muirearófar iad go cothrom ar an gceanntar sláinte contae sin ar fad.
CEAD SCEIDEAL.
Achtachain a hAthghairmtear.
Siosón agus Caibidil | Gearr-Theideal | Méid na hAthghairme |
2 Geo. V., c. 3. | Shops Act, 1912 | Ailt 1, 2, 3, fo-alt (2) d'Alt 11, fo-alt (6) d'Alt 21, an Chéad Sceideal, agus an Cúigiú Sceideal. |
2 agus 3 Geo. V., c. 24. | Shops Act, 1913 | An tAcht iomlán. |
DARA SCEIDEAL.
Rialacha um Eatraimh le hAghaidh Beili.
1. Socrófar eatraimh le haghaidh béilí i slí go gcuirfear in áirithe—
(a) ná beidh duine ar bith ag obair ar feadh níos mó ná sé huaire a chluig gan eatramh tríocha nóimeat ar a laighead do lomháil le n-a linn, agus
(b) go mbeidh trí huaire a chluig ar a laighead idir gach dhá eatramh le haghaidh béilí.
2. (1) Gan dochar do Riail I, má bhíonn na huaireanna o 11.30 a.m. go dtí 2.30 p.m. ina gcuid de sna huaireanna oibre, lomhálfar eatramh uair a chluig ar a laighead le haghaidh dinnéir agus tosnóidh an t-eatramh san idir na huaireanna san.
(2) Más rud é—
(a) go mbeidh na huaireanna o 11.30 a.m. go dtí 2.30 p.m. ina gcuid de sna huaireanna oibre, agus
(b) (i) go lomhálfar eatramh aon lá do dhuine bheidh ar fostú mar bhall d'fhuirinn tighe úrúcháin no áitreibh cheadúnuithe, eatramh nach giorra ná uair a chluig agus é socair i slí go gcríochnóidh se ar 11.30 a.m. ar a luaithe no go dtosnóidh sé ar 2.30 p.m. ar a dhéanaí, no
(ii) go lomhálfar, do dhuine bheidh ar fostú mar bhall d'fhuirinn aon tsiopa (nach tigh úrúcháin ná áitreabh ceadúnuithe) i mbaile mór ina mbíonn margadh uair sa tseachtain ar a mhinicí, eatramh, agus é socair sa tslí chéanna, aon lá bheidh margadh sa bhaile mór san, no
(iii) go lomhálfar, do dhuine bheidh ar fostú mar bhall d'fhuirinn shiopa (nach tigh úrúcháin ná áitreabh ceadúnuithe) i mbaile mór ina mbíonn aonach bliantúil, eatramh, agus é socair sa tslí chéanna, an lá bheidh an t-aonach bliantúil sin sa bhaile mór san,
tuigfear go ndearnadh do réir forálacha míre (i) den Riail seo maidir leis an duine sin an lá san.
3. Gan dochar do Riail 1, má bhíonn na huaireanna o 4 p.m. go dtí 7.30 p.m. ina gcuid de sna huaireanna oibre, lomhálfar eatramh leath-uair a chluig ar a laighead idir na huaireanna san le haghaidh tae.
TRIU SCEIDEAL.
Pionoisi mar Gheall ar Chiontai Airithe.
I gcás céad-chionta fén alt a bhaineann leis an scéal fíneáil nach mó ná deich bpúint no i gcás aon chionta den tsórt san ina dhiaidh sin fíneáil nach mó ná cúig púint fhichead.
Number 4 of 1938.
SHOPS (CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1938.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General.
Section | |
Extension of Act to places where and vehicles from which retail trading is carried on. | |
Powers of inspector of the Minister under Parts I, II, III and IV. | |
Restrictions on Employment of Juveniles.
Prohibition of employment of persons under fourteen years of age in shops. | |
Working Hours and Mealtimes.
Obligation on proprietors of shops to observe hours of work notice. | |
Holidays.
Acts Referred to | |
No. 2 of 1936 | |
No. 56 of 1924 | |
No. 29 of 1935 | |
No. 56 of 1931 | |
No. 55 of 1931 | |
No. 39 of 1926 | |
Number 4 of 1938.
SHOPS (CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1938.
PART I.
Preliminary and General.
Short title and commencement.
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Shops (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1938.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day as shall be fixed for that purpose by order of the Minister either generally or with reference to any particular Part or provision and different days may be so fixed for different Parts and different provisions of this Act.
Definitions.
2.—(1) In this Act—
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;
the expression “retail trade or business” includes the business of a barber or hairdresser, the business of the lending for reward of books or periodicals, the business of a pawnbroker, the sale of refreshments or intoxicating liquors, and retail sales by auction, but does not include the sale of programmes or catalogues at theatres or other places of amusement;
the expression “wholesale shop” means any premises occupied by a wholesale dealer or merchant where goods are kept for sale wholesale to customers resorting to the premises;
the word “shop” includes—
(a) any premises in which any retail trade or business is carried on, excluding so much (if any) of such premises as is not used for the purpose of such retail trade or business;
(b) any premises in which goods are received direct from customers for the purpose of having the same dyed, cleaned, repaired, altered or laundered, excluding so much (if any) of such premises as is not used for such reception of such goods;
(c) any wholesale shop;
(d) any warehouse occupied—
(i) for the purposes of a retail trade or business, by the person carrying on such retail trade or business, or
(ii) by a wholesale dealer or merchant for the purposes of the business carried on by him in a wholesale shop;
(e) a hotel;
the word “hotel” means any premises structurally adapted for use and bona-fide used as a hotel and having apartments set apart and exclusively used for the sleeping accommodation of travellers;
the expression “refreshment house” means a hotel or any premises which are structurally adapted for use as and are used as a restaurant, café or tea-shop (whether such premises are or are not licensed for the sale by retail of intoxicating liquor);
the expression “licensed premises” means any premises (not being a refreshment house) which are licensed for the sale by retail of intoxicating liquor;
the word “proprietor” when used in relation to a shop means the person who carries on business at that shop;
the expression “industrial work” means industrial work within the meaning of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936);
the expression “member of the staff” means—
(a) when used in relation to a shop (other than a refreshment house), any person who (whether he does or does not receive wages for his services) does for the proprietor of such shop any work which is wholly or mainly performed within or in the precincts of such shop and is wholly or mainly in connection with the serving of customers or the receipt of orders or the dispatch of goods or the unpacking or packing of goods, and is not industrial work, and
(b) when used in relation to a shop, which is a refreshment house, any person who (whether he does or does not receive wages for his services) does for the proprietor of such shop any work in connection with the business carried on therein (other than clerical work or work connected with the management of such shop) which is wholly or mainly performed within or in the precincts of such shop, and is not industrial work;
the word “relative” when used in relation to the proprietor of a shop means a person who—
(a) is the wife, husband, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, step-father, or step-mother of such proprietor or is a son, daughter, grandson, grand-daughter, step-son, step-daughter, brother, sister, half-brother, or half-sister of such proprietor, and
(b) is maintained by and dwells in the house of such proprietor;
the word “juvenile” means a person who has attained the age of fourteen years and has not attained the age of eighteen years;
the expression “shop work” means work (whether within or outside a shop) which is connected with or ancillary to the business carried on at a shop, but does not include work in connection with a wholesale shop or a warehouse occupied by a wholesale dealer or merchant, other than—
(a) work within the premises, or
(b) work in the collection or delivery of goods, or in attendance upon customers, or in carrying messages or running errands;
the word “year” when used without qualification means the period between midnight on the last Saturday night in December and midnight on the last Saturday night in the next month of December;
the word “prescribed” when used in relation to the District Court means prescribed by regulations made under this Act by the Minister for Justice and in every other case means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act.
(2) A member of the staff of a shop shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be in the employment of the proprietor of such shop.
(3) For the purposes of this Act a person who is a member of the staff of a shop shall be deemed to be doing shop work during any period (other than intervals allowed for meals or rest) during which he is present (otherwise than in contravention of a direction of the proprietor of such shop) in such shop and his services are at the disposal of such proprietor.
(4) Where different trades or businesses are carried on by the same person in different parts of any premises, any part of such premises in which any particular class of retail trade or business is carried on shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a shop.
Extension of Act to places where and vehicles from which retail trading is carried on.
3.—The provisions of this Act shall extend to any place where or any vehicle from which any retail trade or business is carried on as if that place or vehicle were a shop and as if in relation to any such place or vehicle the person by whom the retail trade or business is carried on were the proprietor of that shop.
Non-application of Act.
4.—(1) Nothing in this Act shall apply to any fair lawfully held or to any bazaar or sale of work for charitable or other purposes from which no private profit is derived or to any library at which the business of lending books or periodicals is not carried on for the purposes of gain other than that of making profits for some philanthropic or charitable object (including any religious or educational object) or for any club or institution which is not itself carried on for purposes of gain.
(2) This Act shall not, save where otherwise expressly provided, apply in respect of—
(a) a member of the staff of a shop who is a relative of the proprietor of such shop, or
(b) a member of the staff of a shop in which Post Office business is carried on who is appointed by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, or
(c) a person (other than a member of the staff of a shop) who does shop work for the proprietor of such shop and who is a relative of such proprietor, or
(d) railway refreshment-car attendants or railway refreshment-cars.
Penalties for offences.
5.—Every person guilty of an offence under any section of this Act shall, save in the case of an offence for which a special penalty is provided by this Act, be liable on summary conviction thereof—
(a) where such person is a member of the staff of a shop, to a fine—
(i) in the case of a first such offence, not exceeding two pounds, together with (where such offence is a continuing offence) a further fine not exceeding ten shillings for every day on which such offence is continued, and
(ii) in the case of a second or any subsequent such offence, not exceeding five pounds, together with (where such offence is a continuing offence) a further fine not exceeding one pound for every day on which such offence is continued, or
(b) where such person is not a member of the staff of a shop, to a fine—
(i) in the case of a first such offence, not exceeding ten pounds, together with (where such offence is a continuing offence) a further fine not exceeding two pounds for every day on which such offence is continued, and
(ii) in the case of a second or any subsequent such offence, not exceeding twenty pounds, together with (where such offence is a continuing offence) a further fine not exceeding four pounds for every day on which such offence is continued.
Offences by bodies corporate.
6.—Where an offence under any section of this Act was committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or approval of, or to have been facilitated by any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer of such body corporate, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of such offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Prosecution of offences.
7.—(1) Any offence under any section of this Act (except Part VI) may be prosecuted by the Minister.
(2) Any offence under any section of this Act (except Part VI) committed by the proprietor of a shop in relation to a member of the staff of that shop may be prosecuted by such member or by any official of a registered trade union of which such member is a member.
Emergency as a defence.
8.—Where a person is charged with any offence under any section contained in Part III or Part IV of this Act, it shall be a good defence to such charge for such person to prove to the satisfaction of the court before which such offence is tried that the alleged contravention of such section was rendered necessary or reasonably proper by the actual occurrence or the threat or reasonable anticipation of fire, flood, storm, violence, or any other emergency.
Records for purposes of Parts II, III and IV.
9.—(1) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order (in this Act referred to as a records order) require every person who is the proprietor of a shop to keep at such shop in relation to each member of the staff of such shop, records of such matters as are in his opinion necessary for the due enforcement of Parts II, III and IV of this Act and are specified in such order, and, if he thinks fit, may by such order require such records to be in a specified form.
(2) The Minister may by order under this section amend or revoke any order made under this section (including this sub-section).
(3) If whenever a records order is in force the proprietor of a shop fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with the requirements of such order or makes in any record, which such proprietor is required by such order to keep, any entry which is false in any material respect knowing the same to be false, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(4) This section shall not apply in respect of the proprietor of a shop if the only members of the staff of such shop are relatives of such proprietor.
Powers of inspector of the Minister under Parts I, II, III and IV.
10.—(1) An inspector may, for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of Parts I, II, III and IV of this Act do all or any of the following things, that is to say:—
(a) enter at all reasonable times any shop or part thereof;
(b) require the proprietor of such shop or the representative of such proprietor to produce to him any records which such proprietor is required by a records order to keep, and inspect and take copies of entries in such records.
(2) If any person—
(a) obstructs or impedes an inspector in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on such inspector by this section, or
(b) refuses to produce any record which an inspector law-fully requires him to produce, or
(c) produces or causes to be produced or knowingly allows to be produced to an inspector any record which is false in any material respect knowing the same to be false,
such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(3) In this section the word “inspector” means a person appointed by the Minister to exercise the powers conferred on an inspector by this section.
Display of abstract of Act.
11.—(1) The proprietor of a shop shall in both the Irish and English languages display in such shop in such a position that it can be easily read by members of the staff of such shop the prescribed abstract of this Act in the prescribed form.
(2) If the proprietor of a shop fails to comply with the requirements of this section, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(3) This section shall not apply in respect of the proprietor of a shop if the only members of the staff of such shop arc relatives of such proprietor.
Regulations.
12.—The Minister may make regulations in relation to any matter or thing referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed and which is not authorised by this Act to be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister for Justice.
Laying of orders before Houses of the Oireachtas.
13.—Every order made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling such order is passed by either such House within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which such House has sat after such order is laid before it, such order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under such order.
Expenses.
14.—All expenses incurred in carrying this Act (other than Part VI) into execution shall, to such extent as shall be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
Repeals.
15.—The enactments mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of that Schedule.
PART II.
Restrictions on Employment of Juveniles.
Prohibition of employment of persons under fourteen years of age in shops.
16.—(1) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of a shop to employ any person whose age is less than fourteen years to do shop work.
(2) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of a shop to permit any person whose age is less than fourteen years and who is a relative of such proprietor to do shop work except as a part-time occupation.
(3) If the proprietor of a shop employs a person in contravention of this section such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section and such person shall also be guilty of an offence under this section.
Proof of age of juveniles before employment.
17.—(1) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of a shop to employ any juvenile to do shop work unless or until a birth certificate or other satisfactory evidence of the age of such juvenile has been produced to such proprietor.
(2) Whenever a birth certificate of a juvenile is required for the purposes of this section, such juvenile or his parent or guardian shall, on presenting a written requisition in such form and containing such particulars as the Minister for Local Government and Public Health may direct and on payment of a fee of sixpence, be entitled to obtain a certified copy of the entry of the birth of such juvenile in the register of births under the hand of the registrar or superintendent registrar or other person having the custody thereof, and forms for such requisition shall on request be supplied without any charge by every registrar of births and by every superintendent registrar or other person having the custody of the register.
(3) If the proprietor of a shop employs a juvenile in contravention of this section such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section and such juvenile shall also be guilty of an offence under this section.
Restriction on employment of an undue number of juveniles.
18.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order do the following things, that is to say:—
(a) apply such order to shops of a particular class (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as the Minister thinks proper) situate in any area specified or delimited in such order, and
(b) prohibit the employment, as members of the staff of any shop of that class in that area, of juveniles.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order do the following things, that is to say:—
(a) apply such order to shops of a particular class (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as the Minister thinks proper) situate in an area specified or delimited in such order, and
(b) divide, by reference to the number of adults employed as members of the staff of each of such shops, such shops into such and so many grades as the Minister thinks proper, and
(c) prohibit the employment, as members of the staff of any shop which falls within any grade, of any juveniles in excess of the number appointed by such order in respect of that grade.
(3) An order under this section may relate to more than one class of shop and in that case may contain different provisions in relation to the different classes of shops to which such order relates.
(4) Any order under this section may, if the Minister thinks proper, provide that the proprietor of a shop who is an adult shall, for all or any (as may be specified in such order) of the purposes of such order, be deemed to be a member of the staff of such shop.
(5) In calculating for the purposes of an order under this section, the number of adult members of the staff of a shop, account shall be taken of any adults who are relatives of the proprietor of such shop and who are members of the staff of such shop.
(6) The Minister may by order amend or revoke any order made under this section (including this sub-section).
(7) If the proprietor of a shop to which an order under this section for the time being in force applies acts in contravention of such order in so far as it relates to such shop, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(8) In this section—
the word “juvenile” does not include any apprentice who at the commencement of this Part of this Act is employed under indentures whereby he is bound to serve as apprentice for a period of not less than three years or any apprentice who, at or after such commencement, is employed as apprentice under rules made by an apprenticeship committee under the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 (No. 56 of 1931), but does include any juvenile (other than any such apprentice) who is a relative of the proprietor of a shop and who works regularly as a member of the staff of such shop;
the word “adult” means a person whose age is not less than eighteen years.
(9) The following provisions shall have effect, in relation to the making of an order under this section, that is to say:—
(a) before making such order, the Minister shall cause a draft of such order to be prepared and shall cause to be inserted in the Iris Oifigiúil and in such newspapers circulating in the area to which the proposed order is intended to apply as he thinks proper a notice—
(i) stating his intention to make such order,
(ii) setting out the terms of such draft order,
(iii) inviting all interested parties to make to him within a specified time such representations in relation to such draft order as they may think fit;
(b) the Minister shall not in any case make such order until the expiration of the said specified time;
(c) at the expiration of the said specified time, the Minister may, after consideration of any representations made to him within the said specified time, make such order in terms of the said draft, without modification or with such modifications as he thinks proper.
(10) The making of an order under this section shall be prima facie evidence that the provisions of sub-section (9) of this section have been duly complied with.
PART III.
Working Hours and Mealtimes.
Restriction on night employment of juveniles on shop work.
19.—(1) A juvenile who is employed to do shop work shall in every period of twenty-four hours between midday on one day and midday on the next day be allowed an interval of at least eleven consecutive hours which shall, subject to the provisions of the next following sub-section, include the hours from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m.
(2) The interval of eleven consecutive hours mentioned in the immediately preceding sub-section need not, in the case of a juvenile who is not less than sixteen years, include—
(a) if such juvenile is a male person and is employed during the hour between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. in connection with the collection or delivery of milk or bread or newspapers, the said hour, or
(b) if such juvenile is a male person and is employed between the hours of 10 p.m. and 12 o'clock midnight, solely in connection with the business of serving meals to customers for consumption on the premises, the said hours, or
(c) if such juvenile is employed in connection with any retail trade or business carried on in a theatre and a performance is taking place in such theatre which begins before the hour of 10 p.m. and ends after the hour of 10 p.m. and not later than the hour of 1 a.m., the hours during which such performance is taking place.
(3) If there is any contravention of the provisions of this section in respect of any juvenile, the person who is the employer of such juvenile shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
(4) In this section the word “theatre” includes any place used for the exhibition of pictures or other optical effects by means of a cinematograph or other suitable apparatus.
(5) This section shall apply in respect of a juvenile who does shop work regularly for the proprietor of a shop and who is a relative of such proprietor.
Daily and weekly working hours, and overtime pay.
20.—(1) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of a shop to permit any member of the staff of that shop to continue to do shop work for him after the time in any day when such member has completed (whether for such proprietor alone or such proprietor and other persons) eleven hours shop work on such day.
(2) Save as otherwise provided by this section, it shall not be lawful for the proprietor of a shop to permit any member of the staff of that shop to continue to do shop work for him after the time in any week when such member has completed (whether for such proprietor alone or such proprietor and other persons)—
(a) in case such shop is a hotel, fifty-six hours shop work in such week, or
(b) in any other case, forty-eight hours shop work in such week.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the immediately preceding sub-section, the proprietor of a shop may permit any member of the staff of such shop, whose age is sixteen years or more, to do in any week shop work for him for a period in excess of, in case such shop is a hotel, fifty-six hours or, in any other case, forty-eight hours, so however that the number of hours of shop work done (whether for such proprietor alone or such proprietor and other persons) by such member does not exceed—
(a) in case such shop is a hotel—
(i) sixty-six hours in any week, or
(ii) two hundred and forty-four hours in any period of four consecutive weeks, or
(iii) two thousand nine hundred hours in any year, or
(b) in any other case—
(i) sixty hours in any week, or
(ii) two hundred and sixteen hours in any period of four consecutive weeks, or
(iii) two thousand six hundred hours in any year.
(4) Where—
(a) a member of the staff of a shop is allowed in any week (other than, in case such shop is a non-special-trade shop, a week in which he is allowed a whole holiday on every week day thereof or, in any other case, a week in which he is allowed a whole holiday on every day thereof) a whole holiday as part of his annual leave, or
(b) a member of the staff of a non-special-trade shop is allowed a whole holiday on a public holiday or is allowed a whole holiday under the provisions of Part IV of this Act which relate to compensatory holidays to members of staffs of non-special-trade shops engaged in work on public holidays,
such member shall, for the purposes of sub-sections (2) and (3) of this section be deemed to have done on the day on which such whole holiday is allowed eight hours shop work.
In this sub-section the expression “non-special-trade shop” has the same meaning as in Part IV of this Act.
(5) Where a member of the staff of a shop is during any period engaged in doing industrial work, such member shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to have been engaged in doing shop work during that period.
(6) Where the proprietor of a shop permits any member of the staff of that shop to do for him shop work for a number of hours in any week after such member has completed in that week (whether for such proprietor alone or such proprietor and other persons), in case such shop is a hotel, a number of hours of shop work in excess of fifty-six or, in any other case, a number of hours of shop work in excess of forty-eight, such proprietor shall be deemed to have agreed to pay to such member, in respect of each hour of such excess, overtime pay at a rate per hour which represents the normal weekly rate reckoned in terms of hours, and increased by not less than twenty-five per cent.
(7) Subject to the provisions of this section the Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order under this sub-section amend in respect of shops of a specified class (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as he thinks fit) in any area specified in or delimited by such order any of the provisions of this section relating to hours, and in that case so long as such order remains in force this section shall, subject to the operation of any order made by the Minister under sub-section (9) of this section, have effect in respect of such shops subject to such amendment.
(8) Subject to the provisions of this section the Minister may by order under this sub-section revoke or amend any order made under sub-section (7) of this section or under this present sub-section.
(9) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order under this sub-section amend in respect of all shops or shops of a specified class (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as he thinks fit) in any area specified in or delimited by such order any of the provisions of this section relating to hours and declare that such amendment shall apply in respect of a specified period, and in that case the following provisions shall have effect, during the period so specified, that is to say:—
(a) this section shall have effect in respect of such shops subject to such amendment,
(b) if an order under sub-section (7) of this section is in force and such order relates to any shops to which the said order under this sub-section applies, the operation of the said order under the said sub-section (7) shall during the said specified period be suspended.
(10) Whenever the Minister proposes to make an order under sub-section (7) or sub-section (8) of this section, he shall before making such order consult with—
(a) in case there are, in the opinion of the Minister, any associations representative of proprietors of shops to which such order is intended to apply, such associations, and
(b) in case there are, in the opinion of the Minister, any associations representative of members of the staffs of such shops, such associations.
(11) If the proprietor of a shop acts in contravention of this section, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(12) Any interval allowed during any day shall not be taken into account in reckoning the number of hours of shop work done on such day.
Employment in spells.
21.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act relating to intervals for meals, the hours of employment of a member of the staff of a shop (other than a refreshment house or a railway bookstall on or adjoining a railway platform) shall not on any date be divided into more than two spells, and the period between any such spells shall not be less than four hours in duration.
(2) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order under this sub-section amend in respect of shops (other than refreshment houses or railway bookstalls on or adjoining railway platforms) of a specified class (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as the Minister thinks proper) in a specified area the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section relating to the number of spells into which the hours of employment of a member of the staff of a shop may be divided on any day, and the provisions of the said sub-section relating to the duration of the period between spells, or both such provisions, and in that case so long as such order remains in force the said sub-section shall have effect in respect of such shops subject to such amendment.
(3) The Minister may by order under this sub-section amend or revoke any order made under this section (including this sub-section).
(4) If in respect of any member of the staff of a shop there is a contravention of this section, the proprietor of such shop shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
Intervals for meals.
22.—(1) Each member of the staff of a shop shall be allowed intervals for meals in accordance with rules contained in the Second Schedule to this Act.
(2) If there is in relation to any member of the staff of a shop any contravention of this section, the proprietor of such shop shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act.
(3) This section shall not apply in respect of a member of the staff of a shop, which is a railway bookstall on or adjoining a railway platform.
Notices of working hours etc.
23.—(1) The proprietor of a shop who employs any persons as members of the staff of that shop shall specify in a notice (in this Part of this Act referred to as an hours of work notice), which shall be in the prescribed form and be constantly kept posted in a prominent place in such shop where it may be conveniently read by such persons, the daily hours to be worked for the time being by such persons and the intervals for rest and meals to be allowed for the time being to such persons.
(2) The proprietor of a shop may from time to time substitute a new hours of work notice for an existing hours of work notice, but shall not do so unless, not less than forty-eight hours before such new hours of work notice comes into operation, he has informed each of the members of the staff of that shop, whose hours of work will be changed by such new hours of work notice, of his intention to so substitute a new hours of work notice and of the terms of such new hours of work notice.
(3) If the proprietor of a shop acts in contravention (whether by commission or omission) of this section, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(4) This section shall not apply to the proprietor of any shop if the only members of the staff of that shop are relatives of such proprietor.
Obligation on proprietors of shops to observe hours of work notice.
24.—(1) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of a shop to allow any member of the staff of that shop to do shop work for him during any hours on any day other than the hours of work specified for that day in respect of such member in the hours of work notice for the time being in force relating to that shop.
(2) If the proprietor of a shop acts in contravention of this section, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(3) Where the proprietor of a shop is charged with an offence under this section it shall be a good defence to such charge for such proprietor to prove to the satisfaction of the court before which such offence is tried that the alleged contravention of this section was rendered necessary by reason of illness amongst the members of the staff of that shop or other unforeseen cause.
Preservation of existing rates of wages.
25.—(1) Where, in order to comply with this Part of this Act, the hours of work prevailing immediately before the commencement of this Part of this Act in regard to any member of the staff of a shop are reduced or otherwise altered, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) the rate of salary, wages, or other reward (excluding overtime pay and any payments made for commencing work earlier or finishing work later than other members of the staff of such shop employed in similar work) payable to such member immediately before such commencement shall not be reduced or be otherwise altered to the detriment of such member merely because of the said reduction or alteration in the hours of work of such member;
(b) the said reduction or alteration of hours of work shall not terminate nor prejudicially affect the contract of service under which such member is so employed immediately before such commencement, and every such contract shall continue in force after such commencement with such modifications only as may be necessary in order to comply with this Part of this Act and in particular the modification that notwithstanding the said reduction or alteration of hours of work the average weekly earnings (excluding overtime pay and any payments made for commencing work earlier or finishing work later than other members of the staff of such shop employed in similar work) payable in a normal full working week to such member under such contract shall not be reduced;
(c) every agreement between (proprietors of shops or a body representative of proprietors of shops on the one hand and members of the staffs of shops or a body representative of members of staffs of shops on the other hand which is in force immediately before such commencement and regulates or restricts the rate of salary, wages, or other reward payable to such member shall (subject to the terms of any subsequent such agreement) continue in force after such commencement notwithstanding the said reduction or alteration of hours of work but with the modification that every rate of salary, wages, or other reward which is fixed or the method of calculating which is fixed by such agreement and every restriction on any rate of salary, wages, or other reward contained in such agreement shall remain unchanged in or as to amount;
(d) every minimum rate of salary, wages, or other reward fixed by statute or under statutory authority which is in force immediately before such commencement shall, if and so far as it is applicable to such member, continue (subject to the terms of any agreement to which such member or a body representative of such member and other members of staffs of shops is a party) after such commencement in force and unchanged in amount notwithstanding the said reduction or alteration of hours of work.
(2) Sub-section (1) of this section shall apply and have effect in relation to every order made under this Part of this Act by the Minister fixing hours of work with and subject to the modifications that every reference in the said sub-section to the commencement of this Part of this Act shall be construed and have effect as a reference to the coming into operation of such order and every reference in the said sub-section to compliance with this Part of this Act shall be construed and have effect as a reference to compliance with such order.
(3) This section shall also apply to wages calculated by direct reference to the number of hours worked, but with the modification that for the purposes of such application every provision in this section to the effect that a rate of wages or a minimum rate of wages or a restriction on a rate of wages is to remain unchanged shall be construed and have effect as a provision that the rate of wages by the hour be so adjusted or varied that the average weekly earnings shall remain unchanged.
PART IV.
Holidays.
“Sunday-trading shop”, “special-trade shop” and “non-special-trade shop”.
26.—In this Part of this Act—
the expression “Sunday-trading shop” means a shop (other than a refreshment house or licensed premises) in which business is generally carried on on Sundays;
the expression “special-trade shop” means a shop which is—
(a) a refreshment house, or
(b) licensed premises, or
(c) a Sunday-trading shop, or
(d) a railway bookstall on or adjoining a railway platform;
the expression “non-special-trade shop” means a shop which is not a special-trade shop.
“Employment year”.
27.—(1) In this Part of this Act, the expression “employment year” when used in relation to a member of the staff of a shop means a period of one year beginning on the day on which such member last entered the employment of the proprietor of such shop or any anniversary of that day.
(2) Where—
(a) the ownership of a business carried on in a shop is after the commencement of this Part of this Act transferred by act of parties or by operation of law during the currency of an employment year of any person who immediately before such transfer was a member of the staff of that shop, and
(b) such person continues after such transfer to be a member of the staff of such shop,
such person shall, for the purposes of this Part of this Act (including sub-section (1) of this section) be deemed to have been employed as a member of the staff of such shop by the person (in this sub-section referred to as the new proprietor) to whom such business is transferred as on and from the beginning of such employment year, but if such person has been allowed before such transfer annual leave in respect of such employment year he shall be deemed for the said purposes to have been allowed such annual leave by the new proprietor.
“Continuous employment”.
28.—Where the employment of a member of the staff of a shop with the proprietor of such shop is interrupted by reason of the illness of such member, the temporary cessation of the work on which he is so employed, the temporary reduction of the weekly quantity of such work, or any other temporary cause not due to the act or default of such member, such member shall, for the purpose of reckoning any period of continuous employment with such proprietor within the meaning of any section of this Part of this Act, be deemed to have been in the employment of such proprietor during such interruption if, but only if, the following conditions are complied with, that is to say:—
(a) at the end of such interruption, such member returns to employment with such proprietor, and
(b) such member is not employed in doing shop work during such interruption, and
(c) the duration of such interruption does not exceed one month.
Construction of expressions “allow a whole holiday” and “allow a half-holiday”.
29.—(1) The proprietor of a shop shall be deemed for the purposes of this Part of this Act to allow a member of the staff of such shop a whole holiday on a particular day if, but only if, such proprietor does not permit such member to do on that day any work for him.
(2) The proprietor of a shop shall be deemed for the purposes of this Part of this Act to allow a member of the staff of such shop a half-holiday on a particular day, if, but only if, such proprietor does not permit such member to do, on that day after the time which is in relation to such member the appointed time, any work for him.
(3) In this section the expression “the appointed time” means—
(a) in relation to a member of the staff of a shop which is a refreshment house, the hour of 3 p.m. or the expiration of the fifth hour after the time at which such person commenced work on the relevant day in such shop, whichever is the earlier, and
(b) in relation to a member of the staff of any other shop, the hour of 1.30 p.m.
Public holidays.
30.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, each of the following days shall, for the purposes of this Part of this Act, be a public holiday, that is to say:—
(a) Christmas Day when it falls on a weekday or, when it falls on a Sunday, the 27th day of December, and
(b) St. Stephen's Day when it falls on a weekday or, when it falls on a Sunday, the next following Monday, and
(c) St. Patrick's Day when it falls on a weekday or, when it falls on a Sunday, the next following Monday, and
(d) Easter Monday, Whit Monday, and the first Monday in August.
(2) Whenever in any year a day is appointed under the Public Holidays Act, 1924 (No. 56 of 1924), to be a bank holiday instead of a day mentioned in the next preceding sub-section of this section, the day so appointed shall in that year be deemed to be substituted throughout the said sub-section for the day so mentioned and the said sub-section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.
(3) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order under this sub-section amend in respect of any specified area, sub-section (1) of this section in any one or more of the following ways, that is to say:—
(a) by substituting, for the day which is a public holiday by virtue of paragraph (b) of the said sub-section (1), the 1st day of January, or the 6th day of January,
(b) by substituting for Easter Monday, Ascension Thursday,
(c) by substituting for Whit Monday, the Feast of Corpus Christi or the 29th day of June,
(d) by substituting for the first Monday in August, the 15th day, of August,
and whenever any such order is made in respect of any specified area, then, so long as such order remains in force, sub-section (1) of this section shall have effect in relation to any shops in such area subject to such amendment.
(4) The Minister may by order under this sub-section amend or revoke any order made by him under this section (including this sub-section).
Pay in respect of holidays.
31.—(1) Where the proprietor of a shop in pursuance of this Act allows to any member of the staff of that shop any annual leave, such proprietor shall pay to such member, in respect of each day of such annual leave, salary or wages at the rate at which the remuneration of such member was payable immediately before the commencement of such annual leave.
(2) Where—
(a) the proprietor of a shop allows, in pursuance of this Part of this Act, any member of the staff of that shop on any day a whole holiday (other than a whole holiday which forms part of annual leave), or
(b) the proprietor of a non-special-trade shop allows any member of the staff of that shop a whole holiday on a public holiday,
such proprietor shall not, in respect of such whole holiday, make any deduction from the salary or wages of such member.
(3) In this section the expression “salary or wages” shall in relation to the member of the staff of a shop be construed as excluding overtime pay and any payment made for commencing work earlier or finishing work later than other members of the staff of such shop employed in similar work.
(4) For the purpose of this section the expression “salary or wages” shall include, in the case of a member of the staff of a shop to whom annual leave is allowed and who, immediately before the commencement of such annual leave, was entitled to receive as part his remuneration either board or lodgings or both, such sum in respect thereof as, in default of agreement, may be fixed by a Justice of the District Court, having jurisdiction in the area in which such shop is situate, upon the application (which shall be in the prescribed form and of which a copy shall, not less than ten days before the application is heard, be served personally or by registered letter on the proprietor of such shop or his representative and on the district court clerk) of such member, and the decision of such Justice on such application shall be final and conclusive.
(5) The Minister for Justice may make regulations prescribing the form referred to in the immediately preceding sub-section as prescribed.
Limited application of Part IV to railway refreshment-car attendants.
32.—So much of this part of this Act as relates to annual leave of members of staffs of shops and pay in respect of annual leave shall apply in respect of railway refreshment-car attendants, and for the purposes of such application—
(a) a railway refreshment-car attendant shall be deemed to be a member of the staff of a special-trade shop, and
(b) the railway company by which a railway refreshment-car attendant is employed shall be deemed to be the proprietor of a special-trade shop.
Weekly half-holidays of members of staffs of shops (other than refreshment houses and licensed premises) and compensatory whole holidays in lieu of weekly half-holidays of members of staffs of refreshment houses and licensed premises.
Weekly half-holidays of members of staffs of shops (other than refreshment houses, and licensed premises).
33.—(1) The proprietor of a shop, which is either a non-special-trade shop or a Sunday-trading shop, shall allow to each member of the staff of that shop a half-holiday on one weekday (which shall not if such shop is a non-special-trade shop be a day which is a public holiday) in each week (other than a week included in a public-holiday fortnight) and in each public holiday fortnight.
(2) The proprietor of a shop, which is either a non-special-trade shop or a Sunday-trading shop, shall, in respect of each week (other than a week included in a public-holiday fortnight) and of each public-holiday fortnight, give not later than the Saturday preceding that week or that public-holiday fortnight (as the case may be) to each member of the staff of such shop who is in his employment on that Saturday, notice in the prescribed form and manner specifying the weekday in that week or in that public-holiday fortnight (as the case may be) on which he proposes to allow such member a half-holiday in pursuance of sub-section (1) of this section, and if default is made in compliance with this sub-section or if a half-holiday is allowed in that week or in that public-holiday fortnight on any weekday other than the weekday specified in such notice, any half-holiday allowed to such member in that week or in that public-holiday fortnight shall be deemed, for the purposes of the said sub-section (1), not to have been allowed under the said sub-section (1).
(3) Where the period of annual leave allowed to a member of the staff of a non-special-trade shop falls wholly within one week neither sub-section (1) nor sub-section (2) of this section shall apply in respect of that week.
(4) Where the period of annual leave allowed to a member of the staff of a Sunday-trading shop falls wholly within two weeks, neither sub-section (1) nor sub-section (2) of this section shall apply in respect of those weeks.
(5) Where the period of annual leave allowed to a member of the staff of a non-special-trade shop falls within two weeks, sub-sections (1) and (2) of this section shall apply only in respect of such one of those weeks as the proprietor of such shop may select, and the day specified in a notice under the said sub-section (2) in the week so selected shall not be a day which falls within such period of annual leave.
(6) Where the period of annual leave allowed to a member of the staff of a Sunday-trading shop falls within three weeks, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) neither sub-section (1) nor sub-section (2) of this section shall apply in respect of the second of those weeks,
(b) sub-sections (1) and (2) of this section shall apply only in respect of such one of the first or third of those weeks as the proprietor of such shop may select and the day specified in a notice under the said sub-section (2) in the week so selected shall not be a day falling within such period of annual leave.
(7) If the proprietor of any shop, which is a non-special-trade shop or a Sunday-trading shop, fails, refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act.
(8) In this section the expression “public-holiday fortnight” means in relation to any shop the week in which a day which is for that shop a public holiday falls, and the immediately preceding week.
(9) In this Part of this Act the expression “statutory half-holiday” means a day on which a half-holiday is allowed in pursuance of this section.
Compensatory holidays to members of staffs of refreshment houses and licensed premises in lieu of weekly half-holidays.
34.—(1) The proprietor of a shop, which is either a refreshment house or licensed premises, shall allow to each member of the staff of that shop such number of whole holidays as will ensure that such member does not receive—
(a) less than two whole holidays on weekdays in each month during which such member has been continuously employed by him, nor
(b) less than twenty-six whole holidays on weekdays in each period of twelve months, commencing on the 1st day of January, during which such member has been continuously employed by him.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1) of this section where a member of the staff of a shop is allowed two half-holidays in any month, he shall be deemed to have been allowed one whole holiday in such month.
(3) Where annual leave is allowed to a member of the staff of a shop, which is either a refreshment house or licensed premises, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) the proprietor of such shop shall be deemed for the purposes of this section, to have allowed such member one whole holiday in the month in which such annual leave commences;
(b) no part of a day falling within such annual leave shall be deemed to be a half-holiday for the purposes of sub-section (2) of this section.
(4) If the proprietor of a shop, which is either a refreshment house or licensed premises, fails, neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act.
Compensatory holidays to members of staffs of shops working on Sundays and to members of staffs of non-special-trade shops working on public holidays.
Compensatory holidays to members of staffs of shops engaged in work on Sunday.
35.—(1) Where the proprietor of a shop does not allow a member of the staff of that shop a whole holiday on a Sunday in any week, such proprietor shall allow to him on some day (not being a day on which such proprietor allows him, in pursuance of any other provision of this Part of this Act, a whole holiday or a half-holiday) within that week—
(a) in case such member does shop work for more than four hours on that Sunday, a whole holiday, or
(b) in case such member does shop work for more than two hours but not more than four hours, a half-holiday.
(2) Where—
(a) a member of the staff of a shop is entitled in any week to a half-holiday under this section, and
(b) the proprietor of such shop allows such member a whole holiday on the day in such week which is in respect of such member a statutory half-holiday,
such proprietor shall be deemed to have allowed such member a half-holiday under this section on that day.
(3) If the proprietor of a shop fails, neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act.
Compensatory holidays to members of staffs of non-special-trade shops engaged in work on public holidays.
36.—(1) Where the proprietor of a non-special-trade shop does not allow to a member of the staff of that shop a whole holiday on a public holiday, or allows such member a whole holiday on a public holiday but does so in pursuance of the immediately preceding section, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) such proprietor shall allow to such member a whole holiday on some weekday (not being another public holiday nor a day on which such proprietor allows him, in pursuance of any other provision of this Part of this Act, a whole holiday or a half-holiday) within fourteen days after such public holiday;
(b) if such member ceases before the expiration of such fourteen days to be in the employment of such proprietor and such member has not been then allowed such whole holiday, such proprietor shall pay to him one day's pay calculated at the rate which would be applicable if such public holiday were a day of annual leave.
(2) If the proprietor of a non-special-trade shop fails, neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act.
Annual Leave of Members of Staffs of Shops.
Annual leave of members of staffs of shops.
37.—(1) The proprietor of a shop shall allow to each member of the staff of such shop in every complete employment year of such member during which he has been continuously in the employment of such proprietor and has worked in such employment for not less than eighteen hundred hours—
(a) if such shop is a special-trade shop, fourteen consecutive whole holidays (in this Act referred to as annual leave), or
(b) if such shop is a non-special-trade shop, six consecutive whole holidays (in this Act also referred to as annual leave).
(2) Where the proprietor of both a special-trade shop and a non-special-trade shop, employs any person as a member of the staff of one of such shops during any part of an employment year of such person and as a member of the staff of the other of such shops during any other part of such employment year, such person shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be a member of the staff of such special-trade shop during such employment year or so much thereof as he may be in the employment of such proprietor.
(3) Where a person employed as a member of the staff of a shop ceases, at any time other than the end of an employment year of such person, to be in the employment of the proprietor of such shop as a member of the staff of such shop and such person has been in the employment of such proprietor during not less than one complete month in such employment year and has worked for not less than one hundred and fifty hours in such month, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) in case such shop is a special-trade shop and such proprietor has not allowed such person before such cesser fourteen consecutive whole holidays in respect of the portions of such employment year during which he was so employed, such proprietor shall pay such person at such cesser—
(i) two days' pay (calculated at the rate which would be applicable if such day were a day of annual leave allowed immediately before such cesser) in respect of each complete period of two months in the said portion of such employment year during which he has worked not less than three hundred hours, and
(ii) two days' pay (calculated as aforesaid) in respect of the period (if any) in the said portion of such employment year which is less than two months but not less than one month and during which he has worked for not less than one hundred and fifty hours;
(b) in case such shop is a non-special-trade shop and such proprietor has not allowed such person before such cesser six consecutive whole holidays in respect of the portion of such employment year during which he was so employed, such proprietor shall pay to such person at such cesser—
(i) one day's pay (calculated as aforesaid) in respect of every complete period of two months in the said portion of such employment year during which he has worked not less than three hundred hours, and
(ii) one day's pay (calculated as aforesaid) in respect of the period (if any) in the said portion of such employment year which is less than two months but not less than one month and during which he has worked for not less than one hundred and fifty hours.
(4) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he so thinks proper, make regulations varying, in respect of all or any particular class or classes of members of staffs of shops all or any of the periods of eighteen hundred hours, three hundred hours, and one hundred and fifty hours mentioned in sub-sections (1) and (3) of this section by substituting for such periods or period such other periods or period as the Minister shall think proper, and whenever any such regulations are in force the said sub-sections shall have effect, in respect of the members of staffs of, shops or the class or classes of the members of staffs of shops to which such regulations apply, as if the said periods or such of them as are effected by such regulations were varied in the manner stated in such regulations.
(5) In the case of a member of the staff of a special-trade shop, no day on which such member is allowed, in pursuance of any other section contained in this Part of this Act, a whole holiday shall be reckoned as a day of annual leave, but if any such day intervenes between days of annual leave such days shall be deemed to be consecutive notwithstanding such intervention.
(6) In the case of a member of the staff of a non-special-trade shop, no day which is a Sunday or a public holiday or a day on which such member is allowed, in pursuance of any other section contained in this Part of this Act, a whole holiday shall be reckoned as a day of annual leave, but if any such day intervenes between days of annual leave such days shall be deemed to be consecutive notwithstanding such intervention.
(7) Where a member of the staff of any shop who is a member of the Reserve Force of the Defence Forces of Ireland is absent from his employment for the purpose of attending and performing his duty as such member at any initial training, annual training, or test mobilisation, such member shall, for the purpose of reckoning any period of employment or of continuous employment within the meaning of this section, be deemed to have been in his said employment during his said absence, and accordingly the period of his said absence shall for the purposes of this section be reckoned in the said period of employment or continuous employment.
(8) This section shall apply to the employment year current at the commencement of this Part of this Act of every person who is a member of the staff of a shop at such commencement, and this section shall have effect in respect of such employment year and such person as if this section had been in force at the beginning of such employment year, but subject to the modifications, that—
(a) if such employment year expires within one month after the commencement of this Part of this Act, the proprietor of such shop shall be deemed to have complied with this section if he allows to such person not later than three months after the expiration of such employment year, such annual leave as such person may be entitled to under this section in respect of such employment year, and
(b) if such shop is a special-trade shop and such proprietor has, before the commencement of this Part of this Act, allowed to such person in such employment year one or more whole holidays which would be annual leave for the purposes of this section but for the fact that such whole holidays were less than fourteen or were not consecutive or were both less than fourteen and not consecutive, the said whole holidays so allowed shall be deemed to be annual leave for the purposes of this section and such person shall only be entitled in respect of such employment year to such number (if any) of consecutive whole holidays after such commencement as is equal to the number (if any) of days by which the number of whole holidays so allowed is less than fourteen, and
(c) if such shop is a non-special-trade shop and such proprietor has, before the commencement of this Part of this Act, allowed to such person in such employment year one or more whole holidays which would be annual leave for the purposes of this section but for the fact that such whole holidays were less than six or were not consecutive or were both less than six and not consecutive, the said whole holidays so allowed shall be deemed to be annual leave for the purposes of this section and such person shall only be entitled in respect of such employment year to such number (if any) of consecutive whole holidays after such commencement as is equal to the number (if any) of days by which the number of whole holidays so allowed is less than six.
(9) If the proprietor of a shop fails to pay to any member of the staff of such shop any moneys which become payable to such member under this section such member may recover such moneys as a simple contract debt from such proprietor.
(10) If the proprietor of a shop fails to allow annual leave to any member of the staff of such shop in accordance with this section he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act.
Time of annual leave.
38.—(1) The time in any employment year at which the proprietor of a shop shall allow annual leave to a member of the staff of such shop who is entitled to annual leave under this Part of this Act shall be selected by such proprietor.
(2) If in any employment year of a member of the staff of a shop such employment year has so far expired that there remains only, in case such shop is a special-trade shop, fourteen working days thereof unexpired or, in case such shop is a non-special-trade shop, six working days thereof unexpired and the proprietor of such shop has not at that time allowed such member annual leave, such member, if he is entitled to annual leave under this Act, may absent himself from his work for such proprietor for such fourteen days or six days (as the case may be) and shall not by reason of so absenting himself be deemed to have committed any breach of his contract of service with such proprietor, and such proprietor shall pay to such member in respect of such fourteen days or six days (as the case may be) the amount which he would be liable to pay if he had allowed such fourteen days or six days as annual leave.
(3) If the proprietor of a shop allows to a member of the staff of such shop in any employment year a period of annual leave earlier than, in case such shop is a special-trade shop, the last fourteen working days of such employment year or, in case such shop is a non-special-trade shop, the last six working days of such employment year and such member leaves the employment of such proprietor before the termination of such employment year, such proprietor shall not be entitled in respect of such allowance of annual leave to reduce the period of notice required for terminating such employment, nor the pay nor other emoluments to which such member may be entitled at the time of leaving such employment.
(4) If the proprietor of a shop fails to pay to any member of the staff of such shop any moneys which become payable to such member under this section such member may recover such money as a simple contract debt from such proprietor.
(5) In this section the expression “working days” means days which are reckonable as days of annual leave for the purposes of this Part of this Act.
Notice of time of annual leave.
39.—(1) The proprietor of a shop who is required by this Part of this Act to allow annual leave to a member of the staff of such shop, shall give to such member notice in writing of the day on which such annual leave will begin, and shall so give such notice not less than fourteen days before such day.
(2) A notice given in pursuance of this section to a member of the staff of a shop may be given either by handing such notice to such member or by exhibiting such notice in a prominent position to which such member has access in such shop.
(3) Every proprietor of a shop who is required by this section to give to any member of the staff of such shop such notice as is mentioned in the preceding sub-sections of this section, who fails or neglects to give in accordance with this section such notice to any such member on any occasion on which he is so required so to do shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act.
Restriction on work by member of the staff of a shop on whole holidays or half-holidays.
40.—(1) It shall not be lawful for a member of the staff of a shop to do for any person for reward any shop work or industrial work—
(a) at any time on any day on which he is allowed under this Act a whole holiday, or
(b) on any day on which he is allowed under this Act a half-holiday, after the time at which such half-holiday commences.
(2) If a member of the staff of a shop acts in contravention of this section such member shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
PART V.
Regulation of Wages of Members of Staffs of Shops.
Shop Wages Board.
Establishment of Shop Wages Board.
41.—(1) On the commencement of this Part of this Act there shall be established a board (in this Act referred to as the Board) to be styled and known as the Shop Wages Board to fulfil the functions assigned to it by this Act.
(2) The Board shall consist of three members namely—
(a) a chairman (in this Act referred to as the chairman), and
(b) two ordinary members.
(3) The members of the Board shall be nominated by the Minister from time to time as occasion requires.
(4) One of the ordinary members shall be a person who is in the opinion of the Minister representative of proprietors of shops, and the other ordinary member shall be a person who is in the opinion of the Minister representative of members of the staffs of shops.
(5) The Chairman shall hold office during the pleasure of the Minister.
(6) Each ordinary member of the Board, unless he sooner dies, resigns, or becomes disqualified, shall hold office for such period, not exceeding five years, as the Minister may fix at the time of his nomination, but shall be eligible for renomination.
(7) If and whenever an ordinary member of the Board is adjudged bankrupt, or makes a composition or arrangement with his creditors, or is sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to suffer imprisonment or penal servitude, or ceases to be ordinarily resident in the State or absents himself from all sittings of the Board for a period of three months without the permission of the Minister he shall be disqualified from holding the office of ordinary member of the Board.
(8) Whenever it appears to the Minister that on account of illness or for other sufficient reason a member of the Board is temporarily unable to discharge his duties as such member, the Minister may appoint a person to act as a member for such period (not exceeding the duration of such inability) as he shall think proper, and every person so appointed to act as a member of the Board shall during the period for which he is so appointed be a member of the Board in the place of such first-mentioned member.
(9) The quorum at any meeting of the Board shall be all three members.
Regulations for proceedings of the Board.
42.—(1) The Board shall make regulations for the governance of its proceedings and may by such regulations make provision for all or any of the following matters, that is to say:—
(a) the times and places of meetings of the Board;
(b) the persons to whom notice of meetings of the Board shall be given;
(c) the form and manner in which submissions shall be made and evidence given to the Board, and in particular whether such evidence shall be given viva voce or in writing;
(d) the attendance for viva voce examination of persons who have made submissions or given evidence in writing;
(e) the admission or exclusion of any person to or from the meetings of the Board;
(f) such matters as appear to the Board to be necessary or expedient for the proper conduct of its business.
(2) Regulations made under this section shall not have any force or effect unless and until they have been approved by the Minister.
Powers of Board.
43.—(1) The Board shall have all such powers, rights, and privileges for enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath (which any member of the Board is hereby authorised to administer) or otherwise, and for compelling the production of documents as are vested in the High Court, or a judge thereof in respect of the trial of an action, and a summons signed by any one or more members of the Board shall be equivalent to and have the like effect as a formal process issued by the High Court for enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of documents.
(2) If any person—
(a) on being duly summoned as a witness before the Board makes default in attending, or
(b) being in attendance as a witness refuses to take an oath legally required by the Board to be taken, or to produce any document in his power and control legally required by the Board to be produced by him, or to answer any question to which the Board may legally require an answer, or
(c) does any other thing which would, if the Board were a Court of Justice, having power to commit for contempt of court, be contempt of such court,
the Board may certify the offence of that person under their hands to the High Court and that court may, after such inquiry as it thinks proper to make, punish or take steps for the punishment of that person in like manner as if he had been guilty of contempt of the said court.
(3) A witness before the Board shall be entitled to the same immunities and privileges as if he were a witness before the High Court.
Minimum Rates of Wages.
Applications for fixing of minimum rates of wages.
44.—(1) Where—
(a) a member of the staff of a shop claims that his wages are unduly low, and
(b) no rules under this Part of this Act fixing minimum wages and applicable to such member are in force,
such member or a person who claims to be representative of the class of members of the staffs of shops to which such member belongs may send to the Minister an application (in this Part of this Act referred to as a minimum wages application) to have a minimum rate of wages fixed for that class of members of staffs of shops situate in the area specified in such application.
(2) Any person making a minimum wages application shall if so requested by the Minister furnish such particulars or information as the Minister may deem necessary for the consideration of the application and if any requirement of the Minister under this sub-section is not complied with the Minister may refuse to consider the application.
Consideration of minimum wages applications by the Minister and references to the Board.
45.—On receipt of a minimum wages application in respect of a particular class of members of the staffs of shops situate in a particular area the Minister shall, subject however to the provisions of sub-section (2) of the immediately preceding section, consider such application, and, if satisfied that such application is well-founded and that, in case such application is not made by a person who belongs to that class, the applicant is in his opinion representative of such class, shall request the Board to fix minimum rates of wages for that class of members of the staffs of shops situate in the area specified in such request.
Rules fixing minimum rates of wages.
46.—(1) Where the Minister requests the Board to fix minimum rates of wages for any particular class of members of the staffs of shops situate in a particular area, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say.—
(a) the Board shall hold an investigation into the subject matter of such request, but shall before commencing such investigation publish, in some newspaper circulating in such area, a notice specifying their intention to hold such investigation and inviting interested parties to submit evidence, and shall consider any evidence so submitted;
(b) on the conclusion of such investigation the Board shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, make rules fixing the minimum rates of wages for that class of members of the staffs of shops situate in such area, and may by such rules fix different minimum rates for different groups (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as the Board thinks proper) of that class of members of the staffs of shops and in respect of different kinds (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as the Board thinks proper) of those shops in that area.
(2) Where an agreement has been signed (whether before or after the passing of this Act) by or on behalf of a body or bodies substantially representative, in the opinion of the Minister, of proprietors of shops of a particular class in a particular area and by or on behalf of a body or bodies substantially representative, in the opinion of the Minister, of a particular class of members of the staffs of such shops whereby rates of salary, wages or other reward payable to such members are regulated or restricted, and such agreement is sent to the Minister by one or more of the parties thereto, with a request that it may be referred to the Board under this sub-section, the Minister may, in his discretion, either refer or refuse to refer such agreement to the Board, and, if the Minister so refers such agreement to the Board, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) the Board shall hold an investigation into the subject matter of such agreement, but shall before commencing such investigation publish in some newspaper circulating in such area, a notice specifying their intention to hold such investigation and inviting interested parties to submit evidence, and shall consider any evidence so submitted;
(b) on the conclusion of such investigation, the Board shall do one of the following things, that is to say:—
(i) make, subject to the provisions of this Act, rules fixing minimum rates of wages (which shall be the same as the rates of wages specified in such agreement) for such class, as the Board thinks proper and specifies in such rules, of members of staffs of shops of such class, as the Board thinks proper and specifies in such rules, situate in such area as the Board thinks proper and specifies or delimits in or by such rules, or
(ii) report to the Minister that in their opinion it is not expedient to make such rules.
Amendment and revocation of rules fixing minimum rates of wages.
47.—(1) Any person may apply to the Minister to have any rules fixing minimum rates of wages which are in force amended in specified respects or revoked.
(2) Where an application is made to the Minister under sub-section (1) of this section the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) in case the Minister is satisfied that the applicant is a person representative of a substantial proportion of members of the staffs of shops or proprietors of shops to which the rules the subject of such application apply the Minister shall refer the application to the Board;
(b) in any other case the Minister may in his discretion either refer or refuse to refer the application to the Board.
(3) Where an application under this section in relation to any rules fixing minimum rates of wages which are in force, is referred to the Board, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) the Board shall hold an investigation into such application but shall before commencing such investigation publish in some newspaper circulating in the area to which such rules apply a notice specifying their intention to hold such investigation and inviting interested parties to submit evidence and shall hear any evidence so submitted;
(b) if on the conclusion of such investigation the Board are of opinion that such rules should not be amended or revoked, the Board shall report to the Minister accordingly;
(c) if on the conclusion of such investigation the Board are of opinion that such rules should be amended or revoked the Board shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, make rules amending or revoking (as they think fit) such first-mentioned rules.
Notice of intention to make rules.
48.—The Board shall, before making any rules under this Part of this Act cause a draft of the proposed rules to be prepared, and shall, before making such rules, cause to be inserted in some newspaper circulating in the area to which such rules are intended to relate a notice stating the terms of such draft, and shall consider any representations in relation to such terms made to them not later than thirty days after the publication of such notice.
Confirmation of rules.
49.—(1) Any rules made by the Board under this Part of this Act shall be submitted to the Minister, as soon as may be after they are made, and thereupon the Minister shall, after consideration of such rules, make an order confirming such rules either without modification or with such modifications (either by way of addition, omission or variation) as, after consultation with the Board, he thinks fit, and upon the making of such order, such rules shall, subject to such modifications (if any) as may have been made therein by the Minister, come into operation on such date (not being earlier than the date of such order) as may be specified in such order.
(2) Every order made under this section shall embody a copy of the rules to which it relates.
(3) Where the Minister makes an order under this section confirming any rules, the Minister shall cause notice of the making of such order to be published in the Iris Oifigiúil.
Proof of rules.
50.—In any proceedings under this Part of this Act the production of a copy of an order under the immediately preceding section confirming any rules made under this Part of this Act shall, if such copy purports to be published by the Stationery Office, be prima facie evidence of the making of such rules and of the contents thereof.
Prohibition of payment of wages below minimum rates.
51.—(1) Where any rules regulating minimum rates of wages are for the time being in force, the proprietor of a shop shall pay to each member of the staff of such shop to whom such rates are applicable wages at a rate not less than the appropriate minimum rate under such rules clear of all deductions.
(2) If the proprietor of a shop acts in contravention of this section, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(3) In any proceedings against the proprietor of a shop under this section, it shall lie with such proprietor to prove that he has paid wages at not less than the minimum rate.
(4) Where the proprietor of a shop is convicted of an offence under this section the court may, in addition to the penalty imposed by the court, order such proprietor to pay to the member of the staff of such shop in relation to whom the offence was committed such sum as appears to the court to be due by such proprietor to such member on account of wages; the wages being calculated on the basis of the minimum rate payable under the rules regulating minimum rates of wages applicable to such member, but the power to order payment of wages under this provision shall not be in derogation of any right of such person to recover wages by any other proceedings.
(5) Any agreement for the payment of wages in contravention of this section or for abstaining to exercise any right of enforcing the payment of wages in accordance with this section shall be void.
(6) For the purposes of this section the word “deduction” includes deductions for or in respect of any matter whatsoever (other than deductions under the National Insurance Act, 1911, as amended by subsequent enactments, or the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, as amended by subsequent enactments, or the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 (No. 29 of 1935), as amended by subsequent enactments, or deductions authorised by any Act to be made from wages in respect of contributions to any superannuation or other provident fund), and notwithstanding that they are deductions which may lawfully be made from wages under the provisions of the Truck Acts, 1831 to 1896, and where any payment being a payment authorised to be received by an employer under section 1 of the Truck Act, 1896, is made by a member of the staff of a shop to his employer, the employer shall, for the purposes, of the foregoing provision be deemed to have deducted that amount from wages.
Records of wages.
52.—(1) Where any rules regulating minimum rates of wages are in force and are applicable to a member of the staff of a particular shop, it shall be the duty of the proprietor of such shop to keep at such shop such records as are necessary to show that such rules are being complied with in relation to such member, and to permit an inspector to inspect at all reasonable times and take copies of such records.
(2) If the proprietor of a shop—
(a) fails or neglects to keep at such shop such records as are required by this section to be kept, or refuses to allow an inspector to inspect such records or take copies thereof at any reasonable time, or
(b) wilfully or negligently makes in such records any entry which is false or misleading in any material particular,
such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(3) In this section the word “inspector” means a person authorised in writing by the Minister to exercise the powers conferred on an inspector by this section.
Exemptions.
53.—The provisions of this Part of this Act shall not apply in respect of any member of the staff of a shop who is employed as an apprentice under rules made by an apprenticeship committee under the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 (No. 56 of 1931).
PART VI.
Arrangements for Health and Comfort of Members of Staffs of Shops.
Definitions for purposes of Part VI.
54.—In this Part of this Act—
the expression “sanitary authority” means the sanitary authority under the Public Health Acts, 1878 to 1931;
the expression “suitable and sufficient” means, in relation to any shop or part of a shop, suitable and sufficient having regard to the circumstances and conditions affecting that shop or part.
Provisions as to sanitary or other arrangements in shops.
55.—(1) In every part of a shop in which persons are employed by the proprietor of such shop to do shop work—
(a) suitable and sufficient means of ventilation shall be provided and suitable and sufficient ventilation shall be maintained;
(b) suitable and sufficient means shall be provided to maintain a reasonable temperature and a reasonable temperature shall be maintained.
(2) In every shop, not being a shop in respect of which an order made under sub-section (6) of this section is for the time being in force, there shall be provided and maintained suitable and sufficient sanitary conveniences available for the use of persons employed in or about the shop.
(3) In every part of a shop in which persons are employed to do shop work, suitable and sufficient means of lighting shall be provided, and every such part of such shop shall be kept suitably and sufficiently lighted.
(4) In every shop, not being a shop in respect of which an order made under sub-section (7) of this section is for the time being in force, there shall be provided and maintained suitable and sufficient washing facilities available for the use of persons employed in or about the shop.
(5) Where any persons doing shop work take any meals in a shop, there shall be provided suitable and sufficient facilities for taking those meals.
(6) Where the sanitary authority for a sanitary district are satisfied as respects any shop in such district that—
(a) by reason of restricted accommodation or other special circumstances affecting such shop, it is reasonable that such shop should be exempted from the obligations imposed by sub-section (2) of this section, and
(b) suitable and sufficient sanitary accommodation is otherwise conveniently available,
the said sanitary authority may, by order (in this section referred to as an exemption order) exempt such shop from the said obligations.
(7) Where the sanitary authority for a sanitary district are satisfied as respects any shop in that district that—
(a) by reason of restricted accommodation or other special circumstances affecting such shop, it is reasonable that such shop should be exempted from the obligations imposed by sub-section (4) of this section, and
(b) suitable and sufficient washing facilities are otherwise conveniently available,
the said sanitary authority may by order (in this section also referred to as an exemption order) exempt such shop from the said obligations.
(8) Where an exemption order in relation to any shop is in force the sanitary authority by which such order was made may by order (in this section referred to as a cancellation order) which shall specify the grounds upon which it is made cancel the said exemption order.
(9) Where a sanitary authority make in relation to any shop a cancellation order, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) the sanitary authority shall serve on the proprietor of such shop a copy of such order, and such order shall if no appeal against such order is made under the next following paragraph, come into force at the expiration of the twenty-first day after the date of the service of such copy;
(b) such proprietor may before such expiration appeal to the Minister for Local Government and Public Health against such cancellation order;
(c) in the event of such appeal being duly made, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(i) the said Minister shall, after considering the matter, make, as he thinks proper, either an order (in this section referred to as a confirming order) confirming such cancellation order or an order revoking such cancellation order;
(ii) such cancellation order shall not come into force unless the said Minister makes a confirming order, and in that event such cancellation order shall come into force on the seventh day after the date of the confirming order.
(10) If it appears to the sanitary authority for a sanitary district that there has been, in the case of any shop in such district a contravention of sub-section (1), sub-section (2), sub-section (3), sub-section (4), or sub-section (5) of this section, the said sanitary authority shall, by notice (in this section referred to as a works notice) served on the proprietor of the shop, require him to take, within such time as may be limited by the notice, such action as may be specified in the notice for the purpose of securing compliance with such sub-section.
(11) Where—
(a) a works notice has been served under the immediately preceding sub-section by a sanitary authority on the proprietor of a shop, and
(b) such shop is a tenement within the meaning of the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931 (No. 55 of 1931), and
(c) such proprietor is the tenant of such shop, and
(d) the action required by the said notice to be taken involves the execution of any work which is an improvement within the meaning of the said Act,
the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(i) the provisions of the said Act shall apply in like manner as if such works notice were a notice under the Public Health Acts, 1878 to 1931, requiring such proprietor to execute a work which is an improvement within the meaning of the said Act;
(ii) if the landlord of such shop has served under and in accordance with section 13 of the said Act, as so applied, a sanitary work undertaking on such proprietor and such proprietor has under the said section 13 served a copy of such sanitary work undertaking on such sanitary authority, such works notice shall for the purpose of sub-section (12) of this present section be deemed to have been served by such sanitary authority on such landlord and be deemed not to have been served on such proprietor.
(12) Whenever a works notice is served or deemed to have been served on any person and such person fails or neglects to comply with the requirements thereof, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or in the case of a subsequent conviction in respect of the same requirement, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or five pounds for every day since the first conviction in respect of that requirement, whichever is the greater.
(13) Where a person is charged with an offence under this section it shall be a defence to prove that there was no contravention of sub-section (1), sub-section (2), sub-section (3), sub-section (4) or sub-section (5) (as the case may be) of this section, or that the requirements of any works notice were, within a reasonable time after service of such notice, complied with in so far as they were necessary to secure compliance with the provisions of such sub-section.
(14) Where a document is required by this section to be served on the proprietor of a shop, such document shall be addressed to such proprietor and shall be served on such proprietor in some one of the following ways, that is to say:—
(a) by delivering it to such proprietor;
(b) by leaving it at the address at which such proprietor ordinarily resides;
(c) by sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter addressed to such proprietor at the address at which he ordinarily resides.
For the purposes of this sub-section a company registered under the Companies Acts, 1908 to 1924, shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and every body corporate and every unincorporated body shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business within the State.
(15) An order made by a sanitary authority under this section shall be under their seal and shall be authenticated by the signature of their chief executive officer or his lawful deputy, and every notice proceeding from a sanitary authority under this section shall be signed by their chief executive officer or his lawful deputy.
(16) Any document made or proceeding from a sanitary authority under this section may be proved by the production of a copy thereof certified to be a true copy by the person purporting to be the chief executive officer of such sanitary authority or his lawful deputy.
Seats for female members of staffs of shops.
56.—(1) Where in any room in a shop female members of the staff are employed in the serving of customers, it shall be the duty of the proprietor of such shop to do the following things, that is to say:—
(a) to provide seats (in the proportion of not less than one to every three female members of the staff employed in such room) for such female members either behind the counter or in such other position as may be suitable for the purpose;
(b) to permit the female members of the staff so employed to make use of such seats whenever the use thereof does not interfere with their work;
(c) to give notice in the prescribed manner and in the prescribed form of the provisions of paragraph (b) of this sub-section.
(2) If the proprietor of a shop fails, neglects or refuses to comply with the obligations imposed on him by this section, such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding, in the case of a first offence under this section, three pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent such offence a fine not exceeding five pounds.
inspectors.
57.—(1) Subject to the provisions of the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926 (No. 39 of 1926), a sanitary authority shall for the purposes of this Part of this Act appoint such and so many inspectors as the Minister for Local Government and Public Health may approve or direct, and every inspector so appointed shall be deemed to be a sanitary officer within the meaning of section 11 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and the provisions of that section shall apply accordingly.
(2) A sanitary authority may, if the Minister for Local Government and Public Health approves, in lieu of, or in addition to appointing inspectors under the immediately preceding sub-section, assign to any of the sanitary officers of such sanitary authority under section 11 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, such duties in relation to the carrying out of this Part of this Act as such sanitary authority think proper and the said Minister approves, and any such officer to whom such duties shall have been so assigned shall perform such duties and shall, if so declared by the said Minister, be deemed to be an inspector appointed by such sanitary authority for the purposes of this Part of this Act.
(3) References in the next following section of this Act to an inspector of a sanitary authority shall be construed as references to a person appointed or deemed to have been appointed under this section an inspector by such sanitary authority for the purposes of this Part of this Act.
Powers of inspectors of sanitary authorities.
58.—(1) An inspector of a sanitary authority may, within the district of such sanitary authority, do, for the purposes of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Part of this Act are being complied with, all or any of the following things, that is to say:—
(a) enter at any reasonable time by night or day any shop in such district;
(b) inspect such shop or any part thereof;
(c) make all such tests and do all such things as he may consider necessary for the said purpose.
(2) If any person obstructs or interferes with an inspector of a sanitary authority in the exercise of the powers conferred on such inspector by this section, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
Enforcement of Part VI.
59.—It shall be the duty of the sanitary authority to enforce the provisions of this Part of this Act and to exercise the powers vested in them by the said Part.
Local inquiries.
60.—(1) Whenever power is conferred on the Minister for Local Government and Public Health by this Part of this Act to make any order or take any other action, the said Minister may, before exercising such power, hold a local inquiry into the matter which is the subject of the exercise of such power.
(2) Article 32 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, shall apply in respect of every local inquiry held under this section in like manner as the said Article applies in respect of the local inquiries mentioned therein and for the purposes of the application of the said Article 32 in respect of every local inquiry held under this section the reference in sub-Article (3) of the said Article 32 to councils and other authorities concerned shall be construed as including a reference to any other persons concerned.
Prosecution of offences under Part VI.
61.—Any offence under any section contained in this Part of this Act may be prosecuted by the sanitary authority for the district within which such offence was committed.
Expenses under Part VI.
62.—(1) All expenses incurred by the Minister or the Minister for Local Government and Public Health under this Part of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
(2) Any expenses incurred under this Part of this Act by a sanitary authority shall be raised and defrayed in the manner in which the expenses incurred by such sanitary authority under the Public Health Acts, 1878 to 1931, are raised and defrayed, and, in the case of the board of health of a county health district, shall be charged equally over the whole of such county health district.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Enactments Repealed.
Session and chapter. | Short title. | Extent of repeal. |
2 Geo. V., c. 3. | Shops Act, 1912 | Sections 1, 2, 3, sub-section (2) of section 11, sub-section (6) of section 21, the First Schedule, and the Fifth Schedule. |
2 and 3 Geo. V., c. 24. | Shops Act, 1913 | The whole Act. |
SECOND SCHEDULE.
Rules for Intervals for Meals.
1.—Intervals for meals shall be so arranged as to secure that—
(a) no person shall be engaged in work for more than six hours without an interval of at least thirty minutes being allowed during the course thereof, and
(b) there shall be at least three hours between each interval for meals.
2.—(1) Without prejudice to Rule 1, where the hours of work include the hours from 11.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m., an interval of not less than one hour shall be allowed for dinner and such interval shall commence between those hours.
(2) Where—
(a) the hours of work include the hours from 11.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m., and
(b) either—
(i) a person employed as a member of the staff of a refreshment house or licensed premises is allowed on any day an interval of not less than one hour so arranged as either to end not earlier than 11.30 a.m. or to commence not later than 2.30 p.m., or
(ii) a person employed as a member of the staff of any shop (not being a refreshment house or licensed premises) in a town in which a market is held not oftener than once a week is allowed on any day on which a market is held in that town an interval similarly arranged, or
(iii) a person employed as a member of the staff of a shop (not being a refreshment house or licensed premises) in a town in which an annual fair is held is allowed on the day on which such annual fair is held in that town an interval similarly arranged, the provisions of paragraph (i) of this Rule shall be deemed to have been complied with in respect of that person on that day.
3. Without prejudice to Rule 1, where the hours of work include the hours from 4 p.m. to 7.30 p.m., an interval of not less than half-an-hour shall be allowed between those hours for tea.
THIRD SCHEDULE.
Penalties for Certain Offences.
In the case of a first offence under the relevant section a fine not exceeding ten pounds or in the case of any subsequent such offence a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds.