Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Child Employment Act 2003 - SECT 1

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

Purpose and outline of Act

1. Purpose and outline of Act



(1) The purpose of this Act is to reform the law relating to the employment of
children under the age of 15.

(2) In outline this Act-



* provides a system of permits to allow the employment of children under the
age of 15;

* allows children under the age of 15 to work in family businesses without a
permit;

* sets out general conditions of employment for children under the age of 15;

* provides for the making of a mandatory code of practice for the employment
of children in the entertainment industry;

* prohibits the employment of children under the age of 15 in certain kinds of
work;

* empowers the Governor in Council to declare kinds of employment prohibited
for children under the age of 15;

* sets out offences;

* provides for the appointment of child employment officers and powers of
inspection of workplaces where children are employed to ensure compliance with
the Act;

* repeals Division 9 of Part III of the Community Services Act 1970
(Employment of Children) and makes consequential amendments to that Act and
the Education Act 1958.

(3) Subsection (2) is intended only as a guide to readers as to the general
scheme of this Act.