Section 5
Hours of work of children
of Children and Young Persons (Employment) Act 1966
ActIn forceProvision 5 of 19
Section 5
(1)
No child engaged in any employment shall be required or permitted—
(a)
to work between the hours of 8 o’clock in the evening and 7 o’clock in the morning;
(b)
to work for more than three consecutive hours without a period of rest of at least thirty minutes;
(c)
to work for more than six hours in a day or, if the child is attending school, for a period which together with the time he spends attending school, exceeds seven hours;
or
(d)
to commence work on any day without having had a period of not less than fourteen consecutive hours free from work.
(2)
Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply to any child engaged in employment in any public entertainment.