Factories Act 1961 (c. 34)

Part VI E+W+S Employment of Women and Young Persons

Certificate of fitness for employment of young persons E+W+S

[F1 F2 119A Duty of factory occupier to give notice of employment of a young person. E+W+S

(1) Where the occupier of a factory takes a young person into his employment to work in the factory (or transfers to work in the factory from work elsewhere than in a factory a young person already in his employment), the occupier shall, not later than seven days after the day on which he does so, send to the local careers office a written notice stating the name of the occupier, the address of the factory and the fact of the young person’s having been so taken or transferred, and the date on which, and the work to do which, he was so taken or transferred, and giving such of the following information as is within the occupier’s knowledge, namely:—

(a) the young person’s Christian name (or forename) and surname;

(b) the date of his birth;

(c) his usual residential address; and

(d) the name and address of the school (if any) which he last attended before he was so taken or transferred.

(2) In this section—

[F3 (a) “the local careers office” means the premises from which, under arrangements made in pursuance of subsection (1), (4) or (5) of section 8 of the M1 Employment and Training Act 1973, the facilities provided in pursuance of the said subsection (1) are made available in the area (as determined in pursuance of the arrangements) in which the factory is situated; and]]

(b) “school” means a shool within the meaning of the M2 Education Act 1944 or the M3 Education (Scotland) Act 1962.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 119A inserted by Employment Medical Advisory Service Act 1972 (c. 28), s. 5(1)

F2 S. 119A repealed (prosp.) by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), ss. 10(1)(b), 29(4), Sch. 3 Pt. II, Sch. 7 Pt. III

F3 S. 119A(2)(a) substituted by Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50), Sch. 3 para. 6

Marginal Citations

M1 1973 c. 50.

M2 1944 c. 31.

M3 1962 c. 47.