Final consultation on the draft Working Time (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Summary:

Certain provisions of the EC Directive On The Protection Of Young People At Work 94/33/EC ("The Young Workers Directive") were implemented in Great Britain on 1 October 1998 and in Northern Ireland on 23 November 1998. However, the UK took advantage of a time-limited opt-out allowing it not to implement other provisions. There are three other aspects of the Directive now to be implemented, by amendments to the Working Time Regulations. The Department for Employment and Learning held a public consultation from January to March 2001, inviting views on the proposed approach to implementing these remaining provisions in Northern Ireland, and in particular the use of derogations in the Directive. After giving careful consideration to the responses to this exercise, the Department has prepared draft Working Time (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002.The purpose of this document is to provide interested parties with an opportunity to comment on the draft Regulations before they come into operation. A public consultation document, consisting of a draft Statutory Rule, commentary on the various provisions and a Regulatory Impact Assessment, was issued on 26th July 2002 under cover of a letter from the Department. Responses are sought by 27th September 2002. Date of Publication: 26 Jul 2002 Consultation Period runs until: 27 Sep 2002

Publish Date:

26 July 2002

Availability:

This document is available to download by following the link below or by writing to:

• Download: Letter from DEL working time amendment (Adobe Acrobat Document, 52826 bytes)
• End of UK opt-out young workers directive (Adobe Acrobat Document, 20062 bytes)