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CHILDREN'S SERVICES ACT 1986 - SECT 129

Light work excepted

(1)     Subject to this Part, subsection 128 (1) does not apply with respect to the employment of a young child—

        (a)     on babysitting;

        (b)     on going on errands;

        (c)     on casual work in or around a private home;

        (d)     on golf-caddying;

        (e)     on clerical work;

        (f)     on gardening;

        (g)     on selling, delivering or distributing newspapers or advertising matter;

        (h)     for the purposes of or in relation to entertainment at a place used for providing entertainment or amusement;

              (i)     for the purpose of entertainment at a place used for sporting activities;

        (j)     for the purpose of singing, dancing, playing a musical instrument or for some similar purpose;

        (k)     as a performer in a radio, television or film program or production, or a like program or production, not being in the nature of a news item;

        (l)     as a model;

        (m)     as the subject of photography, whether still or moving;

        (n)     in or in connection with a circus; or

        (o)     on any other prescribed work.

(2)     Subsection (1) does not have effect with respect to the employment of a young child for more than 10 hours in any 1 week unless the proposed employer has, not less than 7 days before the employment commences, given to the director a notice setting out—

        (a)     the name and address, and the date of birth, of the young child;

        (b)     the nature and place of the proposed employment;

        (c)     the name and address of a parent of the young child;

        (d)     the name and address of the proposed employer;

        (e)     the proposed hours and days of work;

        (f)     the proposed duration of the employment;

        (g)     the name of the school (if any) attended by the young child; and

        (h)     the reasons for proposing to employ the young child.



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