Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in response to its previous direct request. The Government is requested to provide further information, in its next report, on the following points:

1. Articles 8 and 9 of the Convention. The Committee notes with interest the information communicated by the Government concerning the adoption of new standards with respect to air pollution and noise. It further notes that while no regulations specific to vibration have been adopted, rules on vibration have been incorporated into the Machinery Regulations. The Government is requested to provide a copy of these Regulations as soon as they are adopted and to continue to supply information concerning any progress made in establishing exposure limits for vibration.

2. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that, with the incorporation of the Agricultural Workers' Act into the Working Environment Act, new regulations were being drawn up under the Working Environment Act. As the Government's latest report provided no new information in this regard, the Government is once again requested to indicate the regulations drawn up under the Working Environment Act which affect the application of the Convention with respect to agricultural work and to provide a copy of any such regulations.