Child Employment Act 2003
12Prohibited employment
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12 Prohibited employment
S. 12(1) amended by No. 27/2022 s. 13.
(1) A person must not employ a child in any of the following kinds of employment—
(a) door-to-door selling;
(b) employment on a fishing boat, other than a boat operating on inland waters;
(c) employment on a building or construction site (whether commercial or residential) at any time before the buildings on the site are at lock-up stage;
(d) any kind of employment declared under subsection (2) to be prohibited employment for the purposes of this subsection.
(2) The Governor in Council, by order published in the Government Gazette, may declare a kind of employment to be prohibited employment for the purposes of subsection (1).
(3) The Governor in Council, by order published in the Government Gazette, may from time to time amend or revoke a declaration made under subsection (2).
S. 12A inserted by No. 27/2022 s. 14.