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Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1996
No. 16 of 1996
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 2 January 1997 | Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (Commencement) Order, 1996 (S.I. No. 371 of 1996) |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision |
|---|---|
| Application extended | S.I. No. 230 of 2018, regs. 1(2), 16 |
| Application of Act restricted | European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Organisation of Working Time) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 245 of 2014) |
| S. 1 EAT construed | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 66(2), (3) |
| S. 1(1) am. | 1/2014, ss. 1(22), 5(8), sch. 2 pt. 6 |
| 11/2013, ss. 1(2), 72(1), sch. 6, item 20 | |
| 22/2000, ss. 1 (2) (3), 31 | |
| S. 2A inserted | 35/2024, ss. 1(2), 228 |
| S. 3 application restricted | S.I. No. 392 of 2022, reg. 12(1) |
| S.I. No. 179 of 2020, reg. 5 | |
| S.I. No. 2 of 1997, reg. 2 | |
| Ss. 3, 5, 6(1)(a), applic. mod. | S. I. No. 2 of 1997, reg. 2 |
| S. 5 application restricted | S.I. No. 2 of 1997, reg. 2 |
| S. 6 application restricted | S.I. No. 179 of 2020, reg. 5 |
| S. 6(1)(a) application restricted | S.I. No. 250 of 2021, reg. 3 |
| S.I. No. 2 of 1997, reg. 2 | |
| S. 6(1)(a), (b), applic. mod. | S. I. No. 1 of 1997, reg. 2 |
| S. 6(1)(a), (b), applic. rstrct. | S.I. No. 357 of 2014, regs. 3, 4 |
| S. 6(1)(a)(b) application modified | S.I. No. 1 of 1997, reg. 2 |
| S. 6(1)(b) application restricted | S.I. No. 392 of 2022, reg. 12 |
| S.I. No. 179 of 2020, reg. 7(5) | |
| S. 6(1)(b)(i) application restricted | S.I. No. 532 of 2003, reg. 6A(1) as inserted by S.I. No. 245 of 2014, reg. 2(e), subject to para. (2) |
| S. 7 application restricted | S.I. No. 392 of 2022, reg. 12 |
| S. 7-9 application restricted | S.I. No. 179 of 2020, regs. 5, 7(5) |
| S. 8 application restricted | S.I. No. 392 of 2022, reg. 12 |
| S. 9 application restricted | S.I. No. 179 of 2020, reg. 5 |
| S. 11 application restricted | S.I. No. 2 of 1997, reg. 2 |
| S. 11, applic. mod. | S. I. No. 2 of 1997, reg. 2 |
| S. 18 substituted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), (3) sch. 7 pt. 1 item 8 |
| S. 19 substituted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), (3) sch. 7 pt. 1 item 8 |
| Ss. 20-22 repealed | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 8(1), (2), (7), sch. 2 pt. 1 item 9 |
| S. 22(2) (a) (b) am. | 20/1997, ss. 1 (2), 36 (4) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 8(1) | Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 250 of 2021) |
| Protection of Young Persons (Employment)(Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 357 of 2014) | |
| Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (Bar Apprentices) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 351 of 2001) | |
| Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (Employment in Licensed Premises) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 350 of 2001) | |
| Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing or Shipping Sectors) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 1 of 1997) | |
| S. 9 | Protection of Young Persons (Employment of Close Relatives) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 2 of 1997) |
| S. 12(1) | Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Prescribed Abstract) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 3 of 1997) |
| S. 28(1) | Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Prescribed Abstract) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 3 of 1997) |
| Protection of Young Persons (Employment of Close Relatives) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 2 of 1997) |