1Purposes

1 Purposes

The main purposes of this Act are to—

(a) regulate the employment of children under the age of 15 years;

S. 1(b) substituted by No. 27/2022 s. 4(1).

(b) protect those children from performing work that—

(i) could be harmful to their health, safety, wellbeing or development; or

(ii) could prejudice their attendance at school or their capacity to benefit from instruction;

S. 1(c) amended by No. 27/2022 s. 47(a).

(c) provide a system of licences to allow the employment of children under the age of 15 years;

S. 1(d) amended by No. 27/2022 s. 47(b).

(d) allow children under the age of 15 years to work in family businesses without a licence;

S. 1(e) amended by No. 34/2020 s. 163.

(e) provide for the supervision of children in employment by persons with a current WWC clearance under the Worker Screening Act 2020;

(f) set out general conditions of employment for children under the age of 15 years;

(g) provide for a mandatory code of practice for the employment of children under the age of 15 years in the entertainment industry;

(h) prohibit the employment of children under the age of 15 years in certain kinds of work;

(i) empower the Governor in Council to declare kinds of employment prohibited for children under the age of 15 years;

(j) set out offences;

S. 1(k) substituted by No. 27/2022 s. 4(2).

(k) provide for the appointment of authorised officers and for their powers and functions.