European Communities (Organisation of Working Time) (Activities of Doctors in Training) Regulations 2004
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Organisation of Working Time) (Activities of Doctors in Training) Regulations 2004.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 August 2004.
Interpretation
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations —
“1997 Act” means the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (No. 20 of 1997);
“activities of a doctor in training” means the activities of a registered medical practitioner other than the activities of:
(a) a hospital consultant,
(b) a consultant psychiatrist, whether in hospital practice, practice in the community or both, and
(c) any other person, not being a person in hospital practice or psychiatric practice, who is entitled to be registered in the Register of Medical Specialists under section 31 of the Medical Practitioners Act 1978 and who, in the performance of his or her duties as a registered medical practitioner, works without supervision in professional matters by any other person;
“consultant psychiatrist” means a registered medical practitioner who, by reason of his or her training, skill and experience in the specialty of psychiatry, is consulted by registered medical practitioners in relation to that specialty;
“Directive” means Directive 93/104/EC1 or Directive 2000/34/EC2 , as the context admits or requires, and a reference to the Directives is a reference to each of them;
“Directive 93/104/EC” means Directive 93/104/EC1 of the Council of 23 November 1999 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time as amended by Directive 2000/34/EC;
“Directive 2000/34/EC” means Directive 2000/34/EC2 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 2000 amending Council Directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time to cover sectors and activities excluded from that Directive;
“employee” means an employee within the meaning of section 2(1) of the 1997 Act who is engaged in the activities of a doctor in training and references, in relation to an employer, to an employee shall be construed as references to an employee employed by that employer;
“hospital consultant” means a registered medical practitioner in hospital practice who, by reason of his or her training, skill and experience in a particular specialty, is consulted by registered medical practitioners in relation to that specialty;
“Minister” means the Minister for Health and Children;
“registered medical practitioner” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Medical Practitioners Act 1978 ;
“rest period” means any period which is not working time;
“working time” means any period during which an employee is working, at the employer’s disposal and carrying out the activity or duties of his or her work, including on-call duty performed by an employee where he or she is required to be physically present at his or her place of work,
and “work” shall be construed accordingly.
(2) A word or expression that is used in both these Regulations and the 1997 Act has, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning in these Regulations that it has in the 1997 Act.
(3) A word or expression that is used in both these Regulations and the Directives has, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning in these Regulations that it has in the Directives.
(4) In these Regulations