S.L. 452.92 Art. 2Interpretation.

(1) In these regulations:

''the Act'' means the Employment and Industrial Relations Act;

''adolescent'' means any young person who has reached sixteen years of age, or any other age which may from time to time be established as the school leaving age by virtue of the Education

Act, but is less than eighteen years of age; ''child'' means any young person, of either sex, who is under sixteen years of age, or any other age which may from time to time be established as the school leaving age by virtue of the Education

Act; ''Director'' shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Act; ''Director of Education'' has the same meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Education Act; ''light work'' means all work which, on account of the inherent nature of the tasks which it involves and the particular conditions under which the tasks are performed:

(a) has been shown by a risk assessment, in terms of the General Provisions for Health and Safety at Workplaces Regulations, and any other relevant health and safety legislation which may be in force from time to time, carried out by the employer in accordance with the same General Provisions for Health and Safety at Workplaces Regulations, to be work which is not likely to be harmful to the safety, health or development of children; and

(b) the Director of Education has no objection to the carrying out of such work on the grounds that such work is harmful to their attendance at school, their participation in vocational guidance or training programmes approved by the Minister responsible for education or by such other person duly authorised by the said Minister to act on his behalf, or their capacity to benefit from the instruction received; ''Occupational Health and Safety Authority'' means the Authority established by virtue of the Health and Safety Authority Act; ''parent'' includes any person having the legal care or custody of a young person; ''rest period'' means any period which is not working time; ''working time'' means any period during which the young person is at work, at the employer’s disposal and carrying out his activity or duties; ''work'' includes any duty, activity, task or service producing a product or result, and being performed for payment or for free or in exchange for goods, for services, for profit or for benefit;

''young person'' means any person under eighteen years of age.

(2) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (1), terms and expressions used in these regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.