97Conditions of authority

97 Conditions of authority

97 Conditions of authority

(1) An employer’s authority is subject to the following conditions—

(a) a condition prescribed by the regulations—

(i) for all employers’ authorities, or

(ii) for a class of employers’ authorities to which the authority belongs,

(b) a condition imposed by the Children’s Guardian.

(1A) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations, or the Children’s Guardian, may impose a condition making an employer’s authority subject to the Code of Practice.

(1B) The Code of Practice is—

(a) the Code of Practice prescribed by the regulations, or

(b) the Code of Practice, prescribed by the regulations and modified in the way prescribed by the regulations for a class of employers’ authority to which the authority belongs, or

(c) if the holder of an employer’s authority has applied to the Children’s Guardian to modify the Code of Practice prescribed by the regulations—the modified Code of Practice, as approved by the Children’s Guardian.

(2) The holder of an employer’s authority must not employ a child in contravention of the conditions of the authority.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

s 97: Am 2020 No 24, Sch 1.1[15].