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The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its last report to the effect that the Ministry of Labour and Micro-enterprises is planning, amongst other things, a study on the draft regulations to implement the General Health and Safety (Industry) Act which are to include the prescriptions concerning medical examination of young persons. The Government adds that the abovementioned Act covers medical examination of young persons in non-industrial occupations.

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee also notes that, according to the Government, in regard to this and the other Articles of the Convention, regulations are to be adopted which are compatible with the Children and Young Persons Code. The Committee recalls that the Government has been stating for many years that it will adopt the necessary laws and regulations to give effect to the provisions of the Convention. The Committee therefore urges the Government to ensure that such measures are adopted in order to bring the national legislation into line with the provisions of the Convention.

The Committee again asks the Government to take into consideration Recommendation No. 79 on the medical examination of young persons, particularly Paragraph 14 on methods of enforcement in respect of young persons engaged either on their own account or on account of their parents in itinerant trading or in any other occupation carried on in the streets or in places to which the public have access.

See the Committee’s comments under Convention No. 77.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2003.]