Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An employer must not require or permit a child to do work prescribed under a regulation, unless—
(a) the child is at least the age prescribed under the regulation to do the work; or
(b) it is work the child is permitted to do under the regulation.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) An employer must not require or permit a child to work in a way a regulation states the child may not work.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(3) An employer must not require or permit a child to work when a regulation states the child may not work.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(4) An employer must not require or permit a child to work unless appropriately supervised by an adult.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(5) An employer does not commit an offence against subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) if the child is permitted or authorised under an Act or a special circumstances certificate to do the work, or to work in the way, or when, a regulation states the child may not work.
(6) Also, an employer does not commit an offence against subsection (4) if, for a child or work prescribed under a regulation, the employer supervises the child in the way prescribed under the regulation for the work.
Note—
See the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006, section 230, for other provisions restricting a school-aged child's ability to work.
(7) In this section—
an Act, in subsection (5), does not include a federal award, federal agreement or industrial instrument, as defined under the Industrial Relations Act 1999.
Note—
This definition displaces the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 7 to the extent of the instruments mentioned in the definition.