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1 Minimum age of employment.E+W+S

F1(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)Accordingly in each of those sections for subsection (1)(a) there shall be substituted the paragraph—

(a)so long as he is under the age of thirteen years;

and in subsection (2) (which allows the general rules in subsection (1) to be modified by local authority bye-laws) for paragraph (a)(i) there shall be substituted the sub-paragraph—

(i)the employment of children under the age of thirteen years (notwithstanding anything in paragraph (a) of the last foregoing subsection) by their parents or guardians in light agricultural or horticultural work.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 1(1) omitted (4.8.1998) by virtue of S.I. 1998/276, reg. 17(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of ss. 1(2), 2(2), Sch. is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

2 Short title, repeal and extent.E+W+S

(1)This Act may be cited as the Children Act 1972.

(2)The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of the Schedule.

(3)Nothing in this Act extends to Northern Ireland.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2The text of ss. 1(2), 2(2), Sch. is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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