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London County Council (General Powers) Bill, 1911.
Part V. Ice Cream. (See page 191.)
Employment of Children Act, 1903—By-Laws.
Proposed New By-Laws.
Notice was given that the London County Council had, pursuant to
the provisions of the Employment of Children Act, 1903, made new bylaws,
Nos. 3 ,5 and 10 to 17 inclusive, in substitution for by-laws Nos. 3, 5
and 10 to 19 inclusive, and had applied to the Secretary of State for the
confirmation of the same as required by the Act.
The by-laws in full are set out below, each of the new by-laws being
indicated by an asterisk.
By-laws regulating (a) the employment of children generally, and (b) street
trading by persons under the age of 16 years within the County of
London (exclusive of the City of London).
(Note.—By Section 13 of the Act the expression "child" means a
person under the age of fourteen years.)
As to employment of children generally.
1. A child under the age of 11 years shall not be employed.
2. A child liable to attend school full time shall not be
employed on days when the school is open in industrial work at
home except between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., or on other
days, except between 9 a.m. and 12 noon and between 5 p.m. and
8 p.m., or on Sundays.
Industrial work shall mean any work in which manual labour
is exercised by way of trade or for purposes of gain in making,
altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing, adapting for sale or
cleaning any article.
*3. A child liable to attend school full time shall not be
employed, on days when the school is open, for more than 3½ hours
a day, or
(a) Between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(b) Before 6.30 a.m. or after 8.30 p.m.