Children and Young Persons Act 1933, Section 20 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 May 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F1(1)Subject to subsection (2) of this section, no child shall engage or be employed in street trading.]
(2)A local authority may make byelaws [F2authorising children who have attained the age of fourteen years to be employed by their parents in street trading to such extent as may be specified in the byelaws, and for regulating street trading under the byelaws by persons who are so authorised to be employed in such trading;] and byelaws so made may distinguish between persons of different ages and sexes and between different localities, and may contain provisions—
(a)forbidding any such person to engage or be employed in street trading unless he holds a licence granted by the authority, and regulating the conditions on which such licences may be granted, suspended, and revoked;
F3(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)requiring such persons so engaged or employed to wear badges;
(d)regulating in any other respect the conduct of such persons while so engaged or employed.
F4(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F5(3)Byelaws made under subsection (2) shall contain provisions determining the days and hours during which, and the places at which, such persons may engage or be employed in street trading.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 20(1) substituted by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 2(a)
F2Words substituted by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 2(b)
F3S. 20(2)(b) omitted (7.6.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/1333, art. 2(2)(a)
F4S. 20(3) repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 (c. 20), ss. 4, 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 24, Sch. 5); S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
F5S. 20(3) inserted (7.6.2000) by S.I. 2000/1333, art. 2(2)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 20 restricted by Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 35(2)
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