[Page Break] Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment (Children's Employment) Bill 2009 No , 2009 A Bill for An Act to amend the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 and related legislation with respect to the employment of children. [Page Break] Clause 1 Employment) Bill 2009 The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1 1 Name of Act 2 This Act is the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) 3 Amendment (Children's Employment) Act 2009. 4 2 Commencement 5 This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation. 6 Page 2 [Page Break] Employment) Bill 2009 Amendment of Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 Schedule 1 No 157 Schedule 1 Amendment of Children and Young 1 Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 2 No 157 3 [1] Section 221 Definitions 4 Omit the definition of child in section 221 (1). Insert instead: 5 child means: 6 (a) a person under the age of 15 years (except as provided by 7 paragraph (b)), or 8 (b) a person under the age of 16 years (in the case of 9 employment as a model). 10 [2] Section 223 Certain employers of children to be authorised 11 Omit "10 penalty units". Insert instead "100 penalty units". 12 [3] Schedule 3 Savings, transitional and other provisions 13 Insert at the end of clause 1 (1): 14 Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment 15 (Children's Employment) Act 2009 16 [4] Schedule 3 17 Insert at the end of the Schedule with appropriate Part and clause numbering: 18 Part Provision consequent on enactment of 19 Children and Young Persons (Care and 20 Protection) Amendment (Children's 21 Employment) Act 2009 22 Application of amendment 23 The amendment to the definition of child in section 221 made by 24 the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) 25 Amendment (Children's Employment) Act 2009 extends to the 26 employment of a person on or after the commencement of that 27 amendment, even if the contract or other arrangement under 28 which the person is employed was entered into or made before 29 that commencement. 30 Page 3 [Page Break] Employment) Bill 2009 Schedule 2 Amendment of Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection--Child Employment) Regulation 2005 Schedule 2 Amendment of Children and Young 1 Persons (Care and Protection--Child 2 Employment) Regulation 2005 3 Schedule 1 Code of Practice 4 Insert "(or 16 years for models)" after "15 years" in the Column with the 5 heading "Age" in Table A. 6 Page 4