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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-of-children-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/477",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment of Children Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-of-children-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations make provision with respect to the employment of children. For the purposes of these Regulations a child means a person who is not over school leaving age. The employment of children under age 13 is prohibited.\nRegulation 2 prohibits the employment of children in an occupation other than one specified in the Schedule. Regulation 3 makes provision for the conditions of employment for all children. Regulation 4 makes further provision for the conditions of employment for children under age 15 and regulation 5 makes similar provision for children over age 15. Regulation 6 makes provision for the issue of employment cards by application to the education and library board in whose area the child lives, and regulation 7 makes provision for the return of employment cards. Regulation 8 contains a saving in relation to employment cards issued under byelaws made by education and library boards.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/477/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}