{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-northern-ireland-1965/section-158",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-northern-ireland-1965/section-158.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1965/20",
  "legislation_title": "Factories Act (Northern Ireland) 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-northern-ireland-1965",
  "path": "section/158",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "158",
  "heading": "Fine for offence by parent.",
  "text": "If a young person is employed in any factory in contravention of the provisions of this Act, the parent of the young person shall be guilty of an offence and liable [ on summary conviction] to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, unless it appears to the court that the contravention occurred without the consent, connivance, or wilful default of the parent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SR 1979/246"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1984 NI 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1965/20/section/158",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:30.938962+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}