Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Child Employment Act 2003 - SECT 5

What is light work?

5. What is light work?



(1) For the purposes of this Act, light work means work or any other activity
that-

   (a)  is not likely to be harmful to a child's health or safety, moral or
        material welfare or development; and

   (b)  is not such as to prejudice the child's attendance at school or their
        capacity to benefit from instruction.

(2) Examples of light work include-

   (a)  going on errands;

   (b)  casual work in or around a private home;

   (c)  golf-caddying;

   (d)  clerical work;

   (e)  gardening;

   (f)  street trading;

   (g)  delivering newspapers, pamphlets or other advertising material and
        making deliveries for a registered pharmacist;

   (h)  entertainment;

        (i)    farming related chores;

   (j)  working as a sales assistant in a shop.

(3) An activity given as an example in subsection (2) is not light work to the
extent that it-

   (a)  is likely to be harmful to a child's health or safety, moral or
        material welfare or development; or

   (b)  is such as to prejudice the child's attendance at school or their
        capacity to benefit from instruction.

(4) Nothing in subsection (2) limits the kinds of activities that may
constitute light work.

(5) In determining whether or not any work or other activity is light work,
consideration must be given to the nature and environment of the workplace or
other place where the work or activity is, or is to be, performed.