Prohibited employment
No school age child (as defined in Section 8 of the Education Act 1996) can be employed:
- to sell alcohol, except in sealed containers
- to sell cigarettes or medicines
- to deliver milk or fuel oils
- preparing meat for sale in a butchers or slaughter house
- to collect or sort refuse
- in any work which is more than three metres above ground level or, in case of internal work, more than three metres above floor level
- any work that involves driving or riding a motor vehicle, including those used in agriculture
- in employment involving harmful exposure to physical, biological or chemical agents
- to collect money or to sell or canvass door to door, except under the supervision of an adult
- in work involving exposure to adult material or in situations which are for this reason otherwise unsuitable for children
- personal care of residents in a care or nursing home – unless under the supervision of an adult
- in telesales
A child also cannot be employed:
- in a cinema, theatre, discotheque, dance hall or night club - except in connection with a performance given entirely by children
- in a nightclub
- in a commercial kitchen
- in a garage
- in an amusement arcade or fairground
- in a warehouse or factory
- on the streets