CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 37



37.(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, of any byelaws made
thereunder and of any enactment for the time being in force, no child shall be
employed

(a)so long as he is under the age [of thirteen years]; or

(b)before the close of school hours on any day on which he is required to
attend school; or

(c)before seven o'clock in the morning or after seven o'clock in the evening
on any day; or

(d)for more than two hours on any day on which he is required to attend
school; or

(e)for more than two hours on a Sunday.

(2) No child shall be employed

(a)to lift, carry, or move anything so heavy as to be likely to cause injury
to the child; or

(b)in any occupation likely to be injurious to his life, limb, health, or
education, regard being had to his physical condition.

(3) If the local education authority serve on the employer of any child a copy
of a certificate signed by a doctor that the lifting, carrying, or moving of
any specified weight is likely to cause injury to the child, or that any
specified occupation is likely to be injurious to the life, limb, health, or
education of the child, the certificate shall be admissible as evidence in any
subsequent proceedings against the employer in respect of the employment of
the child.

(4) A local education authority may make byelaws with respect to the
employment of children and any such byelaws may contain provisions

(a)authorising

(i)the employment of children under the age [of thirteen years]
(notwithstanding anything in subsection (1)(a)) by their parents in light
agricultural or horticultural work;

(ii)the employment of children (notwithstanding anything in subsection (1)(b))
for not more than one hour before the commencement of school hours on any day
on which they are required to attend school;

(b)specifying the occupations in which children may be employed;

(c)prescribing

(i)the age below which children are not to be employed;

(ii)the number of hours in each day, or in each week, for which, and the times
of day at which, they may be employed;

<(iii)the intervals to be allowed to them for meals and rest;


<(iv)the holidays or half-holidays to be allowed to them;


(v)any other conditions to be observed in relation to their employment;

(5) Nothing in this section, or in any byelaw made under this section, shall
prevent a child from taking part in a performance

(a)under the authority of a licence granted under this Part; or

(b)in a case where by virtue of subsection (3) of section 40 no licence under
that section is required for him to take part in the performance.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 37