This Act, consisting of 39 sections divided into five Parts and completed by one Schedule, provides to safeguard all children working in Queensland. This is to be achieved by: a) ensuring that work does not interfere with children’s schooling; and b) preventing children performing work that may be harmful to their health or safety or physical, mental, moral or social development. It prescribes restrictions on work performed by children specifying that an employer must not require or permit a child to do work (in particular for a school-aged or young child) prescribed under a regulation, unless the child is at least the age prescribed under the regulation to do the work; or it is work the child is permitted to do under the regulation. Chief executive may authorise a child to do particular works under Special circumstances certificate.
Australia · 2006-02-22