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Regulation 38 Children aged five to twelve

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(1)

A child who has attained age of five years but has not attained the age of thirteen years shall not be present at a place of performance—

(a)

for more than seven and a half hours a day;

(b)

before nine in the morning or after half-past four in the afternoon, except that a child who has attained the age of ten years may be present until five in the afternoon.

(2)

Such a child shall not take part in a performance on any day—

(a)

for a continuous period of more than forty-five minutes without an interval for rest;

(b)

for a total period of more than three hours.

(3)

Such a child shall not be present at a place of performance for more than three and a half consecutive hours without there being two or more intervals of which one shall be for the purpose of a meal and shall be of not less than one hour and the other or others shall be for the purpose of rest and shall not be less than fifteen minutes.