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Section 166 Liability of parents for unlawful employment of children.

England, Wales and Scotland

For the purposes of any proceedings under this Act in respect of the employment of children in contravention of . . . F1, F2section one hundred and thirty six of the M1Education (Scotland) Act 1962, or section one of the M2Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act 1920 (being enactments which prohibit the employment of children in factories F3and, mines F4. . . and, so far as they relate to mines . . ., are incorporated with this Act), the references in section one hundred and sixty of this Act to a young person shall be construed as including references to a child within the meaning of . . . the said section seventeen or the said section one, as the case may be.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words repealed by Education Act 1973 (c. 16), Sch. 2 Pt. I

F2

Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)

F3

Word in s. 166 inserted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II

F4

Words in s. 166 omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II

Marginal citations

M1

1962 c. 47.

M2

1920 c. 65.

Notes on Part XIV

Modifications

C1

Pt. XIV amended by Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (c. 10), Sch. 1 para. 7; extended by Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20), s. 3(2)