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26 Supervision in family businesses

(1) A person who employs a child in or in relation to a family business must ensure the child is directly supervised in that employment by—

(a) a parent of the child or a person who has parental responsibility for the child; or

(b) an adult—

(i) who works in the family business; and

(ii) who is an appropriate person, in all the circumstances, to have direct supervision of the child in that employment.

(2) A person who employs a child in or in relation to a family business must ensure the child is not left in the supervision of a person referred to in subsection (1)(b) for an unreasonable period.