SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Factories Act 1961 (c. 34)

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In section 176(1) of the Factories Act 1961 (interpretation)—

a

for the definition of “child” substitute—

“child” means any person who is not over—

a

compulsory school age (construed in accordance with section 277 of the M1Education Act 1993); or

b

school age (construed in accordance with section 31 of the M2Education (Scotland) Act 1980);

b

in the definition of “parent”, for the words from “means” to “and includes” substitute “ means a parent of a child or young person or any person who is not a parent of his but who has parental responsibility for him (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989) or who has parental responsibilities in relation to him (within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995), and includes ”.