Child Employment Regulation 2016
sec.26Working hours in recorded entertainment
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sec.26 Working hours in recorded entertainment
A school-aged or young child may not work in recorded entertainment— after 9p.m. on a day if the child is required to attend school before 9a.m. on the next day; or outside the hours during which a child may work stated in schedule 1 , column 2 for the child’s age group; or if the child has worked for the maximum working hours for a day stated in schedule 1 , column 3 for the child’s age group; or if, in the previous 7 days, the child has worked on the maximum number of days a child may work in a 7 day period stated in schedule 1 , column 4 for the child’s age group. In this section— age group , for a child, means the age group stated in schedule 1 , column 1 that corresponds to the child’s age. (sec.26-ssec.1) A school-aged or young child may not work in recorded entertainment— after 9p.m. on a day if the child is required to attend school before 9a.m. on the next day; or outside the hours during which a child may work stated in schedule 1 , column 2 for the child’s age group; or if the child has worked for the maximum working hours for a day stated in schedule 1 , column 3 for the child’s age group; or if, in the previous 7 days, the child has worked on the maximum number of days a child may work in a 7 day period stated in schedule 1 , column 4 for the child’s age group. (sec.26-ssec.2) In this section— age group , for a child, means the age group stated in schedule 1 , column 1 that corresponds to the child’s age.
- (a) after 9p.m. on a day if the child is required to attend school before 9a.m. on the next day; or
- (b) outside the hours during which a child may work stated in schedule 1 , column 2 for the child’s age group; or
- (c) if the child has worked for the maximum working hours for a day stated in schedule 1 , column 3 for the child’s age group; or
- (d) if, in the previous 7 days, the child has worked on the maximum number of days a child may work in a 7 day period stated in schedule 1 , column 4 for the child’s age group.