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The Children (Protection at Work) (No. 2) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/2548 · Made 19 September 2000

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 19th September 2000

Laid before Parliament 20th September 2000

Coming into force 11th October 2000

The Secretary of State for Health, being a Minister designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to the employment of children and young persons, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2) and of all powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See the European Communities (Designation) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/266), article 2.

f2

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
  2. 2Amendments of the Act
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Children (Protection at Work) (No. 2) Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 11th October 2000.

(2)

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1933f1.

(3)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

2Amendments of the Act

(1)

In section 18(1) of the Actf1 (restrictions on employment of children), after paragraph (d) the following paragraph is inserted—

“(da)

for more than twelve hours in any week in which he is required to attend school; or”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Yvette Cooper

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health,

Department of Health

19th September 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations give further effect, in England and Wales, to Council Directive 94/33/EC on the protection of young people at work (O.J. L216 of 20.8.94, page 12). Article 17(1)(b) provided a derogation to Article 8(1)(b), (maximum number of hours which may be worked by children in term time). This derogation has come to an end and these Regulations give full effect to this Article. Regulation 2 amends section 18 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, to place a limit on the number of hours that a child may be employed in any week in which they are required to attend shcool.