Regulation 9 Granting of Licences
A licensing authority shall not grant a licence for a child under fourteen unless—
the licence is for acting and the application for the licence is accompanied by a declaration that the part the child is to act cannot be taken except by a child of about his age, or
the licence is for dancing in a ballet which does not form part of an entertainment of which anything other than ballet or opera also forms part and the application for the licence is accompanied by a declaration that the part the child is to dance cannot be taken except by a child of about his age, or
the nature of the child’s part in the performance is wholly or mainly musical and either the nature of the performance is also wholly or mainly musical or the performance consists only of opera or ballet.