CHILD EMPLOYMENT ACT 2003 - SECT 10 Minimum age for employment

CHILD EMPLOYMENT ACT 2003 - SECT 10

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), the minimum age for the employment of a child is—

        (a)     11 years of age for any of the following employment—

              (i)     delivering newspapers;

S. 10(1)(a)(ii) amended by No. 27/2022 s. 11(1)(a).

              (ii)     delivering pamphlets or other advertising material; and

S. 10(1)(a)(iii) repealed by No. 27/2022 s. 11(1)(b).

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        (b)     13 years of age for any other employment.

    (2)     There is no minimum age for the employment of a child in a family business or in entertainment.

S. 10(3) amended by No. 27/2022 s. 11(2).

    (3)     A person must not employ a child who is below the minimum age for employment.

Penalty:     1200 penalty units in the case of a body corporate;

240 penalty units in any other case.