Victorian Consolidated Legislation

CHILD EMPLOYMENT ACT 2003

No. 81 of 2003
Version incorporating amendments as at 27 November 2007

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page

   PART 1-PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purpose and outline of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      What is employment?
   5.      What is light work?
   6.      Supervisors include tutors and chaperones in entertainment
   7.      Act binds the Crown

   PART 2-EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN

           Division 1-When may children be employed?

   8.      When may a child be employed?
   9.      Employment without a permit
   10.     Minimum age for employment
   11.     Employment of children during school hours
   12.     Prohibited employment

           Division 2-Permits for children to engage in employment

   13.     Application for a permit
   14.     Investigation of an application for a permit
   15.     Police checks
   16.     Determining an application for a permit
   17.     Permit conditions
   18.     Variation or cancellation of a permit
   19.     Supervision of children employed under a permit

           Division 3-General conditions of employment

   20.     Condition 1-light work
   21.     Condition 2-hours of work
   22.     Condition 3-rest breaks
   23.     Contravention of conditions

           Division 4-Employment in family businesses

   24.     When may a child be employed in a family business?
   25.     Provisions that do not apply to employment in family
           businesses
   26.     Supervision in family businesses

           Division 5-Employment in entertainment

   27.     When may a child be employed in entertainment?
   28.     Provisions that do not apply to employment in entertainment
   29.     Mandatory code of practice
   30.     What will the mandatory code contain?
   31.     How is the mandatory code made?
   32.     Effect of the mandatory code
   33.     Variation and revocation of the mandatory code
   34.     Availability of the mandatory code

   PART 3-RESTRICTIONS ON ACTIVITIES NOT CONSTITUTING EMPLOYMENT

   35.     Restriction on certain activities
   36.     Non-profit organisations-restricted hours for outdoor
           activities

   PART 4-COMPLIANCE

           Division 1-Child employment officers

   37.     What are the functions of child employment officers?
   38.     Appointment of child employment officers
   39.     Identity cards
   40.     Police to assist child employment officers
   41.     When may powers be exercised?
   42.     Power of entry
   43.     Powers on entry
   44.     Power to require production of documents
   45.     Retention of documents
   46.     Confidentiality

           Division 2-Offences

   47.     Failing to produce documents, hindering child employment officers and giving them false information
   48.     Protection against self-incrimination
   49.     Impersonating child employment officers
   50.     Proceedings for offences to be brought in Industrial Division
           of the Magistrates' Court
   51.     Offences by unincorporated associations

   PART 5-GENERAL

   52.     Delegation
   53.     Regulations

   PART 6-REPEALS, AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

           54-57. Repealed
   58.     Transitional arrangement-permits
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details