SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 13 Consequential Amendments
The Employment of Children Act 1973 (c. 24)
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In section 2 of the Employment of Children Act 1973 (supervision by education authorities), in subsection (2)(a) for the words “guardian or a person who has actual custody of" there shall be substituted “
any person responsible for"
”
.
2
After that subsection there shall be inserted—
2A
For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) above a person is responsible for a child—
a
in England and Wales, if he has parental responsibility for the child or care of him; and
b
in Scotland, if he is his guardian or has actual custody of him.