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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 2 January 1997 - onwards
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5. Duties of employer in relation to young persons and children

(1) Subject to section 9, any employer who employs a young person or child to work for him or her shall -

(a) before employing the young person or child, require the production of a copy of the birth certificate of, or other satisfactory evidence of the age of, the young person or child, as the case may be,

(b) before employing a child, obtain the written permission of the parent or guardian of the child, and

(c) maintain a register, or other satisfactory record, containing, in relation to every young person or child employed by him or her, the following particulars -

(i) the full name of the young person or child,

(ii) the date of birth of the young person or child,

(iii) the time the young person or child commences work each day,