Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1996
This Act was signed into law on 26 June 1996 and applies to Ireland only.
It was made to revise and extend the law relating to the protection of young people in employment, and to implement Directive 94/33/EC on the protection of young people at work, the text of which is set out for convenience of reference in the Full Text of the First Schedule to this Act.
For these purposes this Act repeals the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1997 and certain provisions of the Conditions of Employment Act 1936, and provides for related...