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Prohibited employment

No child of school age may be employed -
  • in a cinema, theatre, disco, dance hall or night club
  • to sell or deliver alcohol, except in sealed containers
  • to deliver milk
  • to deliver fuel oils
  • in a commercial kitchen
  • to collect or sort refuse
  • in any work three metres above the ground inside or outside
  • in employment involving harmful exposure to physical, biological or chemical agents
  • in work involving exposure to adult material or in situations unsuitable for children
  • in telephone sales
  • in any slaughterhouse or butchers shop
  • as an attendant or assistant in a fairground or amusement arcade or any premises with automatic machines of chance or skill
  • in the personal care of residents of any care home or nursing home unless under the strict supervision of a responsible adult


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