Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Child Employment Act 2003 - SECT 9

Employment without a permit

9. Employment without a permit



(1) A person must not employ a child unless a permit has been issued for the
employment.

Penalty: 50 penalty units in the case of a body corporate; 10 penalty units in
any other case.

(2) A parent or guardian of a child must not allow the child to engage in
employment unless a permit has been issued for the employment.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the employment of a child in a
family business.

Note This section also does not apply to the employment of a child in
accordance with a work experience arrangement under Part 5.4 of the
Education and Training Reform Act 2006-see section 5.4.19 of that Act.