Child Employment Act 2006
sec.8BProhibition on work as social escort
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sec.8B Prohibition on work as social escort
An employer must not require or permit a child to work as a social escort. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. This provision is an executive liability provision—see section 33 . In this section— health service see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , schedule 2 . social escort — means a person who, under an arrangement of a commercial character, is held out to the public for hire to— accompany another person to social affairs or to places of entertainment or amusement; or consort with another person in any place, whether public or private; but does not include a person who provides the services mentioned in paragraph (a) as part of health services for the other person. s 8B ins 2010 No. 29 s 21 amd 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1 ; 2024 No. 23 s 36 sch 1 (sec.8B-ssec.1) An employer must not require or permit a child to work as a social escort. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. This provision is an executive liability provision—see section 33 . (sec.8B-ssec.2) In this section— health service see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , schedule 2 . social escort — means a person who, under an arrangement of a commercial character, is held out to the public for hire to— accompany another person to social affairs or to places of entertainment or amusement; or consort with another person in any place, whether public or private; but does not include a person who provides the services mentioned in paragraph (a) as part of health services for the other person.
- (a) means a person who, under an arrangement of a commercial character, is held out to the public for hire to— (i) accompany another person to social affairs or to places of entertainment or amusement; or (ii) consort with another person in any place, whether public or private; but
- (i) accompany another person to social affairs or to places of entertainment or amusement; or
- (ii) consort with another person in any place, whether public or private; but
- (b) does not include a person who provides the services mentioned in paragraph (a) as part of health services for the other person.
- (i) accompany another person to social affairs or to places of entertainment or amusement; or
- (ii) consort with another person in any place, whether public or private; but