Child Employment Regulation 2016
sec.27Working hours in live entertainment
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sec.27 Working hours in live entertainment
A school-aged or young child may not work in live entertainment— outside the hours during which a child may work stated in schedule 2 , 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 2 , 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 2 , column 4 for the child’s age group. In this section— age group , for a child, means the age group stated in schedule 2 , column 1 that corresponds to the child’s age. (sec.27-ssec.1) A school-aged or young child may not work in live entertainment— outside the hours during which a child may work stated in schedule 2 , 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 2 , 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 2 , column 4 for the child’s age group. (sec.27-ssec.2) In this section— age group , for a child, means the age group stated in schedule 2 , column 1 that corresponds to the child’s age.
- (a) outside the hours during which a child may work stated in schedule 2 , column 2 for the child’s age group; or
- (b) if the child has worked for the maximum working hours for a day stated in schedule 2 , column 3 for the child’s age group; or
- (c) 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 2 , column 4 for the child’s age group.