Paragraph 61 Prohibition of employment of women after childbirth.
If the occupier of a factory knowingly allows a woman or girl to be employed therein within four weeks after she has given birth to a child he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding F1level 1 on the standard scale, or if the offence was committed during the night level 1 on the standard scale, pounds for each person so employed, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction within two years after the last conviction for the like offence not less than level 1 on the standard scale for each offence.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G
Notes on Schedule FIFTH SCHEDULES
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 5 repealed, except as respects Scotland, by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 93, Sch. 18 Pt. 11
- F2
Words repealed by S.I. 1977/746, Sch. 3