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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 the 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 3J hours a day, or
(a) Between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(b) Before 6 a.m. or after 8.30 p.m.
4. A child liable to attend school full time shall not in any week in
which the school is open on more than two days be employed for more
than 20 hours.
5. A child liable to attend school full time shall not be employed, on
days when the school is not open,
(a) Before 6 a.m. or after 9 p.m.
(b) For more than 8 hours in any one day.
6. A child liable to attend school full time shall not in any week
during which the school is open on two days only or less be employed for
more than 30 hours.
7. A child shall not be employed on Sundays except between the
hours of 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. for a period not exceeding three hours.
8. A child shall not be employed in or in connection with the sale
or delivery of intoxicating liquors except on premises where such liquors
are exclusively sold in sealed vessels.
9. A child shall not be employed in any process carried on in a
laundry to which the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, does not apply.