Commentary on Sections Schedule 29 – Minor and consequential amendments: Northern Ireland Paragraph 6 – Office and Shop Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c.26 (N.I.))
1076.The Office and Shop Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 lays down a number of requirements relating to the health, safety and welfare of persons employed to work in office or shop premises. Section 2(1) of the 1966 Act provides that office or shop premises where only the employer’s relatives work are exempted from the scope of the 1966 Act. Paragraph 6 amends section 2(1) of the 1966 Act to include civil partners in the definition of an employer’s relatives.