Section 28
Young persons
of Factories and Machinery Act 1967
(1)
No young person shall carry out work involving the management of, or attendance on, or proximity to, any machinery.
(2)
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupier to ensure that subsection (1) is observed.
(3)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to a young person not being under the age of fourteen years receiving a course of instruction at a Government technical school or other educational institution or not being under the age of fifteen years if serving a recognized apprenticeship.
(4)
An Inspector may require an owner or occupier to make suitable and effective arrangements to prevent the ingress of young persons into premises or any part thereof in which machinery is installed:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to organised visits to factories for educational purposes in which case all possible precautions shall be taken to ensure the safety of young persons.