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By Section 11 the power to provide dwelling accommodation
is made to include the power to provide shops and recreation
grounds.
Section 12 prevents Landlords and Tenants agreeing to contract
themselves out of the provisions of Section 75 of the principal
Act which relates to the condition implied in letting houses for
the working classes, viz., that the house is at the commencement
of the holding in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation.
Employment of Children Act.
The employment of Children Act was passed in August.
There are general restrictions on the employment of children
under 14, and power to Local Authorities of making Bye-laws imposing
special restrictions on the employment of children, and also
on street trading by persons under 16.
By Section 3 a child is restricted from being employed between
the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., but a Local Authority may, by
Bye-law, vary these hours.
A child under the age of 11 years shali not be employed in street
trading.
No child who is employed half-time under the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, shall be employed in any other occupation.
A child shall not lift, carry or move anything so heavy as to be
likely to cause injury.
A child shall not be employed in any occupation likely to be
injurious to life, limb, health, or education.
By Section 1 the Act gives power to ma.Ke Bye-laws for regulating
the employment of children as follows: —
The age below which employment is illegal, and the hours