# The Railway Employment Exemption Regulations 1962 (Revocation) Order 1990, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes on 15th March 1990 the Railway Employment Exemption Regulations 1962. Those Regulations exempt employment by the British Railways Board on railways as engine cleaners, firemen or signal box lads of male persons who have attained the age of sixteen from section 1(3) of the Emploment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act 1920 (c. 65) (prohibition on employment of young persons at night in industrial undertakings). Section 1(3) of the 1920 Act is repealed by section 10(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the Employment Act 1989.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/190/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railway-employment-exemption-regulations-1962-revocation-order-1990/note
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