S.L. 594.12 Art. 2Hours of work and overtime of apprentices.

The following provisions shall apply to those apprentices in respect of whom the operation of Scheme No. 3 made by the

G.N. 434 of 1952 was saved by article 13 of the Mechanica1 Engineering and Allied Trades Scheme, (Scheme No. 16): "(1) The hours of work of apprentices shall not exceed nine hours in any one day: Provided that employers may employ apprentices on overtime work with the approval of the Director, who may impose such conditions as he may deem fit, on the following rates of remuneration:

(a) for all time worked in excess of nine hours daily: time and a half;

(b) for all time worked in excess of forty-five hours in any week, exclusive of any time paid at overtime rates: time and a half;

(c) for all time worked on Sundays and on customary holidays: double time.

(2) Apprentices under 16 years of age may not be employed between 11 p.m. of any one day and 6 a.m. of the next followin day.".