Statutory instrument No. 303 of 1977, sets out regulations on the exclusion of close relatives regarding the employment protection for young people and were made under the terms of the 1977 Act. Many have been repeated in this Bill, as we are taking this opportunity to consolidate. Section 2 of the regulations provides that the Act does not apply where somebody is employed by his close relative, that is a spouse, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister, half brother or half sister, in a private dwelling house of a farm in which or on which both the employer or employee reside.
The regulations go on to make clear that none of the provisions in sections 4 to 11, inclusive, of the 1977 Act shall apply to the employment of close relatives. There is an exemption for people employed by their parents in a family enterprise. We propose to make similar regulations under this Bill when it is passed.