The Employment of Children Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment of Children Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 4th November 1996.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Order” means the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

“appropriate board” means the board established under Article 3 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(1) for the area in which the child lives;

“authorised officer” means an officer of the board authorised to act on behalf of the board under Article 64 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 for the purposes of these Regulations;

“board” means an education and library board established under Article 3 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

“employment card” means a card issued by the appropriate board under regulation 6;

“parent” includes any person who is not a parent of the child but who has parental responsibility for him;

“permitted occupation” is an occupation listed in the Schedule.

(3) Where a child is employed by more than one employer—

(a) these Regulations shall apply to each such employer; and

(b) any restriction imposed by regulation 3, 4 or 5 in relation to the periods during which that child may be employed shall apply to the aggregate of the periods during which he is employed by all such employers.

(1)

S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)