Children (Public Performances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Children aged five years to twelve years

40.—(1) A child of five years or over but under thirteen years shall not be present at a place of performance—

(a) for more than seven and a half hours a day;

(b) before nine in the morning or after half-past four in the afternoon, except that a child of ten years or over may be present until five in the afternoon.

(2) Such a child shall not take part in a performance on any day—

(a) for a continuous period of more than forty-five minutes without an interval for rest;

(b) for a total period of more than three hours.

(3) Such a child shall not be present at a place of performance for more than three and a half consecutive hours without there being two or more intervals of which one shall be for the purpose of a meal and shall be of not less than one hour and the other or others shall be used for the purpose of rest and shall not be less than fifteen minutes.