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FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 98A

FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 98A

98A—Special provision relating to child labour

        (1)         SAET may, by award

            (a)         determine that children should not be employed in particular categories of work or in an industry, or a sector of an industry, specified by the award;

            (b)         impose special limitations on hours of employment of children;

            (c)         provide for special rest periods for children who work;

            (d)         provide for the supervision of children who work;

            (e)         make any other provision relating to the employment of children as SAET thinks fit.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not limit the powers of SAET to make awards that relate to children under the other provisions of this Act.

        (3)         Without limiting subsection (1), SAET must, within 1 year after the commencement of this section, commence reviewing the awards applying under this Act that may be relevant to the employment of children to ensure that they reflect appropriate standards with respect to the employment of children (insofar as may be relevant).

        (4)         SAET must, in acting under subsection (3), give priority to those awards that relate to industries (or sectors of industries) where the employment of children is most prevalent.

        (5)         SAET may, in making an award under this section, make a determination that only relates to children of a specified age or ages.