# The Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 35: Other exceptions relating to young workers


(1) Regulation 6 does not apply in relation to a young worker where—
(a) the employer requires the young worker to undertake work which is necessary either to maintain continuity of service or production or to respond to a surge in demand for a service or product;
(b) no adult worker is available to perform the work; and
(c) performing the work would not adversely affect the young worker’s education or training.
(2) Regulation 8 does not apply in relation to a young worker employed—
(a) in a hospital or similar establishment, or
(b) in connection with cultural, artistic, sporting or advertising activities,
in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) Regulation 8 does not apply, except in so far as it prohibits work between midnight and 4 a.m., in relation to a young worker employed in—
(a) agriculture;
(b) retail trading;
(c) postal or newspaper deliveries;
(d) a catering business;
(e) a hotel, public house, restaurant, bar or similar establishment; or
(f) a bakery,
in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1).
(4) Where the application of regulation 8 is excluded by paragraph (2) or (3), and a young worker is accordingly required to work during a period which would otherwise be a rest period or rest break—
(a) the young worker shall be supervised by an adult worker where such supervision is necessary for the young worker’s protection; and
(b) the young worker shall be allowed an equivalent period of compensatory rest.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2016/9780337999567/regulation/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-working-time-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-35
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