(1) The following employment shall be taken as employment for the purposes of section 71(2)(a) -

Employment in the State as a member or a person training to become a member of any fire-brigade, rescue brigade, first-aid party or salvage party at any factory or premises to which any of the provisions of the Factories Act 1955 (No. 10 of 1955), applies, or at any mine or quarry to which any of the provisions of the Mines and Quarries Act 1965 (No. 7 of 1965), applies, in any case in which such organisation is established in pursuance of an obligation imposed under statute or by or with the consent of the owner or occupier of any such factory, premises, mine or quarry.

(2) For the purposes of section 71 any employment specified in Regulations made under paragraph 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act as being of such a nature that it is ordinarily adopted as subsidiary employment only and not as the principal means of livelihood, other than employment as a member of the Defence Forces involving service in either An Forsa Cosanta Áitiúil or An Slua Muirí for any period not in excess of 21 consecutive days, shall be taken as not being so specified.

(3) The courses prescribed for the purposes of section 71(10) shall be -

(a) a course provided or approved by An Foras Áiseanna Saothair, Teagasc or the National Tourism Development Authority, and