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EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN ACT 1903.
This Act which came into force on the 1st of January provides
that the Local Authority may make Bye-Laws for—
(i) prescribing for all children, or for boys and girls separately, and with
respect to all occupations or to any specified occupation,—
(a) the age below which employment is illegal; and
(b) the hours between which employment is legal ; and
(c) the number of daily and weekly hours beyond which employment
is illegal.
(ii) prohibiting absolutely or permitting, subject to conditions, the
employment of children in any specified occupation.
POWER TO MAKE BYE-LAWS FOR THE REGULATION OF STREET
TRADING BY PERSONS UNDER SIXTEEN.
2. Any Local Authority may make bye-laws with respect to street trading
by persons under the age of sixteen, and may by such bye-laws—
(a) prohibit such street trading, except subject to such conditions as to age,
sex, or otherwise, as may be specified in the bye-law, or subject to the
holding of a licence to trade to be granted by the Local authority ;
(b) regulate the conditions on which such licences may be granted, suspended
and revoked;
(c) determine the days and hours during which, and the places at which,
such street trading may be carried on ;
(d) require such street traders to wear badges,
(e) regulate generally the conduct of such street traders: Provided as
follows :—
(1) The grant of a licence or the right to trade shall not be made
subject to any conditions having reference to the poverty or
general bad character of the person applying for a licence or
claiming to trade;
(2) The local authority, in making bye-laws under this section, shall
have special regard to the desirability of preventing the employment
of girls under sixteen in the streets or in public places.
GENERAL RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN.
3.—(1) A child shall not be employed between the hours of nine in the
evening and six in the morning : Provided that any local authority, may by
bye-law, vary these hours either generally or for any specified occupation.
(2) A child under the age of eleven years shall not be employed in street
trading.
(3) No child who is employed half-time under the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, shall be employed in any other occupation.
(4) A child shall not be employed to lift, carry, or move anything so heavy
as to be likely to cause injury to the child.