Health and Safety at Work (Equality Provisions) Ordinance, 2021

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The Health and Safety at Work (Equality Provisions) Ordinance, 2021
THE States, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 17th July 2020[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2 of the Health, Safety and Welfare of Employees Law, 1950[b] and section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. (Guernsey) Law, 1979[c], and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order:-
Amendments to the Quarries (Safety) Ordinance, 1954.
1. (1) The Quarries (Safety) Ordinance, 1954[d] is further amended as follows.
(2) In section 10, delete "male" in the proviso to subsection (1) and in subsection (2)(b).
(3) In section 20(c), delete "male".
(4) In section 33, delete "male".
(5) In section 39, delete "male".
(6) In section 46(4), delete "male".
Amendments to the Safety of Employees (Growing Properties) Ordinance, 1954.
2. (1) The Safety of Employees (Growing Properties) Ordinance, 1954[e] is further amended as follows.
(7) In section 1, delete the definition of "woman".
(8) In section 8 –
(a) in the heading delete "women and", and
(b) delete "woman or" wherever it appears.
Amendments to the Safety of Employees (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, 1952.
3. (1) The Safety of Employees (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, 1952[f] is further amended as follows.
(9) In section 6 –
(c) in the heading delete " women and", and
(d) delete " woman or" wherever it appears.
Amendements to the Loi ayant rapport á L’emploi de femmes, de jeunes personnes et d’enfants, 1926.
4. (1) The Loi ayant rapport á L’emploi de femmes, de jeunes personnes et d’enfants, 1926[g] is further amended as follows.
(10) In paragraph (3) of Article I, delete "or woman".
(11) Delete Article II (e).
(12) In paragraph (1) of Article III, delete "women,".
(13) In Article IV –
(e) delete the definition of "woman", and
(f) for the definition of "industrial undertaking", substitute-
"The expression "industrial undertaking" has, with respect to the employment of children and young persons, the meanings respectively assigned thereto in the conventions set out in Parts I and II of the Schedule to this Law."
(14) In the Schedule, delete Part III.
Citation.
5. This Ordinance may be cited as the Health and Safety at Work (Equality Provisions) Ordinance, 2021.
Commencement.
6. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 15th July, 2021.
[a]

Article XV of Billet d'État No. XV of 2020.
[b]

Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIV, p. 312; amended by Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXV, p. 328; Tome XXVII, p. 139; Ordinance No. XXXIII of 2003; No. IX of 2016; and No. XXXVI of 2019.
[c]

Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXVII, p. 155; amended by Vol. XXXIV, p. 586; Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXV, p. 328; Tome XXVII, p. 139; Ordinance No. XXXIII of 2003; and No. IX of 2016.
[d]

Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XI, p. 3; amended by Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXXI, p. 278; Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XIV, p. 4; Tome XXIV, p. 162; Tome XXV, p. 328; Tome XXVII, p. 139; Ordinance No. XXXIII of 2003; and No. IX of 2016.
[e]

Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XI, p. 55; amended by Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXXI, p. 278; Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XIII, p. 140; Tome XIV, p. 4; Tome XXIV, p. 162; Tome XXV, p. 328; Tome XXVII, p. 139; Ordinance No. XXXIII of 2003; and No. IX of 2016.
[f]

Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome X, p. 194; amended by Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXXI, p. 278; Receuil d'Ordonnances Tome XIV, p. 4; Tome XXIV, p. 162; Tome XXV, p. 328; Tome XXVII, p. 139; Ordinance No. XXXIII of 2003; and No. IX of 2016.
[g]

Ordres en Conseil Vol. VIII, p. 29; amended by Vol. XXXI, p. 278; and Ordinance No. VII of 2010.




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