(1) An employer shall not employ a young person on any work except where, subject to this section and sections 7, 8 and 9, the employer -

(a) does not require or permit the young person to work for more than 8 hours in any day or 40 hours in any week,

(b) does not require or permit the young person to work -

(i) between 10 p.m. on any one day and 6 a.m. on the following day, or

(ii) between 11 p.m. on any one day (provided the day is not before a school day during a school term where such young person is attending school) and 7 a.m. on the following day, where the Minister is satisfied, following consultation with such representatives of employers and representatives of employees as the Minister considers appropriate, that there are exceptional circumstances affecting a particular branch of activity or a particular area of work as may be prescribed,