CHILD EMPLOYMENT ACT 2003 - SECT 30 What will the mandatory code contain?

CHILD EMPLOYMENT ACT 2003 - SECT 30

    (1)     The mandatory code is to contain provisions regulating the employment of children in entertainment.

    (2)     The code may apply, adopt or incorporate (with or without modification) any document as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time.

        31         How is the mandatory code made?

    (1)     The Minister makes the mandatory code by order published in the Government Gazette.

    (2)     The code takes effect on the day the order is published or the later day specified in the order.

S. 32 amended by No. 27/2022 s. 24.

        32         Effect of the mandatory code

A person who employs a child in entertainment must not contravene the mandatory code.

Penalty:     240 penalty units in the case of a body corporate;

    120 penalty units in any other case.

        33         Variation and revocation of the mandatory code

    (1)     The Minister may, by order published in the Government Gazette, vary or revoke the mandatory code at any time.

    (2)     If the Minister revokes the mandatory code, he or she must make another mandatory code within 6 months.

S. 34 substituted by No. 14/2021 s. 16.