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21.—EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG
PERSONS.
The following extract from the Bye-laws under the Employment
of Children Act, 1913, and Education Act, 1918, shows the
conditions under which children may be employed:—
(1) No child under the age of 13 shall be employed.
(2) Subject to the provisions of byelaw 3 no child shall be
employed on school days except between the hours of
5.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.
(3) A child who has attained the age of 13 may be employed
before school between 7.0 a.m. and 8.0 a.m. in the
delivery of milk or newspapers or in domestic work away
from home, subject to the following conditions:—
(a) The child shall not be so employed unless within
14 days from the date when the employment begins, the
child has obtained from the School Medical Officer a
certificate that such employment will not be prejudicial
to his health or physical development, and will not render
him unfit to obtain proper benefit from his education, and
the certificate has been produced to and endorsedn by his
employer. No charge shall be made for such certificate.
(b) The child shall not be employed after school hours
in any occupation for a period of more than one hour,
between the hours of 5.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.
(4) No child shall be employed on any Saturday or other school
holiday for more than four hours or before 7.0 a.m. or
after 7.0 p.m. ; provided that the employment shall be
so arranged that the child shall be free for rest and
recreation for a continuous period of not less than five
hours.
(5) No child shall be employed for more than 16 hours in any
week in which the school is not open.
(6) No child shall be employed on Sunday except in the delivery
of milk or newspapers for not more than two hours
between the hours of 7.0 a.m. and 10 a.m.