S.L. 452.92 Art. 1Title and scope.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Young Persons

(Employment) Regulations.

(2) The purpose of these regulations is to:

(a) prohibit work by children;

(b) establish that the minimum employment age shall not be lower than the minimum age at which compulsory full-time schooling ends;

(c) regulate work by adolescents and young persons; and

(d) ensure that employers guarantee that young people have working conditions which suit their age and are protected against economic exploitation and against any work likely to harm their safety, health or physical, mental, moral or social development or to jeopardise their education.

(3) These regulations shall apply to any person under eighteen years of age having a contract of employment or any form of employment relationship with an employer.

(4) These regulations shall not apply to occasional work or short-term work involving -

(a) domestic service in a private household, or

(b) work in a family undertaking:

Provided that, in either case, the work to be performed cannot be regarded as being harmful, damaging or dangerous to a young person.

(5) These regulations shall come into force on the 5th April, 2004.