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GBR-1920-L-71418
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Title_of_text
Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act 1920.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United Kingdom
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons
Adopted on (Date of text)
1920-12-23
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Places restrictions on the employment of children under the age of sixteen years in industrial undertakings. It also prohibits the employment of children under the age of fourteen years in industrial undertakings, other than an undertaking in which only members of the same family are employed.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1989-11-16 (GBR-1989-L-8768)
Employment Act 1989 (Chapter 38)
Amending text(s)
1970-07-25 (GBR-1970-L-17626)
Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (Chapter 36)
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
The Child Labor Legislative Database
Publisher
University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR)
URL
http://www.childlaborlaws.org/docs/116.shtml