CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 371 Light work excepted

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 371

(1)     Subject to this Part, subsection 370 (1) does not apply to the employment of a young child for the following purposes:

        (a)     babysitting;

        (b)     going on errands;

        (c)     casual work in or around a private home;

        (d)     golf-caddying;

        (e)     clerical work;

        (f)     gardening;

        (g)     selling, delivering or distributing newspapers or advertising matter;

        (h)     entertainment at a place used for providing entertainment or amusement;

              (i)     entertainment at a place used for sporting activities;

        (j)     singing, dancing, playing a musical instrument or some similar purpose;

        (k)     performing in a radio, television or film program or production, or a similar program or production, other than a news item;

        (l)     modelling;

        (m)     a photographic subject, whether still or moving;

        (n)     in or in relation to a circus;

        (o)     any other prescribed work.

(2)     Subsection (1) does not have effect with respect to the employment of a young child for longer than 10 hours in 1 week unless the proposed employer has, at least 7 days before the employment commences, given the chief executive a notice stating—

        (a)     the name, address and date of birth of the young child; and

        (b)     the nature and place of the proposed employment; and

        (c)     the name and address of a parent of the young child; and

        (d)     the name and address of the proposed employer; and

        (e)     the proposed hours and days of work; and

        (f)     the proposed duration of the employment; and

        (g)     the name of the school (if any) attended by the young child; and

        (h)     the reasons for proposing to employ the young child.