EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN ENTERTAINMENTS RULES, 1933, Dated October 7, 1933, Made by the BOARD OF EDUCATION UNDER SECTION 22 OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT, 1933 (23 & 24 GEO. 5. c. 12).

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1933/971

1933 No. 971

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

4. Employment

[See also the title "Factories".]

(1) Children in Entertainments

(i) England

THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN ENTERTAINMENTS RULES, 1933, DATED OCTOBER 7, 1933, MADE BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION UNDER SECTION 22 OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT, 1933 (23 & 24 GEO. 5. c. 12).

[These Rules are printed as amended by Rules, dated August 2, 1946 (S.R. & O. 1946 (No. 1353) I, p. 125.)]

Whereas by subsections (3), (4) and (5) of section 22 of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, certain powers with respect to licences for children to take part in entertainments are conferred on the Board of Education and on local education authorities for elementary education (in those subsections and in the following rules referred to as "local authorities") in the following terms:—

(3) Subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be prescribed by rules made by the Board of Education, a local authority may grant a licence for a child who has attained the age of twelve years and is residing in their area to take part in any specified entertainment or series of entertainments, whether within or without that area:

Provided that—

(a) no licence shall be granted unless the local authority are satisfied that the child is fit to take part in the entertainment, or series of entertainments, and that proper provision has been made to secure his health and kind treatment; and

(b) no licence shall be granted in respect of any entertainment which is to take place on a Sunday.

(4) The holder of a licence under this section shall, at least seven days before the child takes part in any entertainment, furnish to the local authority within whose area the entertainment is to take place particulars of the licence and such other information as the Board of Education may by rules prescribe and, if he fails so to do, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

(5) If any restriction or condition contained in a licence under this section is not observed, the licence may be revoked by any local authority within whose area any entertainment to which it relates has taken or is about to take place; and, subject to any restrictions and conditions prescribed by rules made by the Board of Education, any such licence may at the request of the holder of the licence be varied or extended by any such local authority as aforesaid.

And whereas, for the purpose of bringing the said recited provisions into operation on the 1st day of November, 1933, being the date of the commencement thereof, it is expedient that the following rules should be made so as to come into operation on that day:

Now the Board of Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said Act as aforesaid and of all other powers enabling them in this behalf, hereby make the following rules:—

1. An application to a local authority for a licence to enable a child to take part in an entertainment or series of entertainments shall be made in writing, signed by the parent and the employer of the child, in the form contained in the first Schedule hereto, and shall be accompanied by the documents mentioned in that Schedule. In this rule the term "parent" includes guardian and every person who is liable to maintain or has the actual custody of the child.

2. If a licence is granted by the local authority it shall be in the form and subject to the restrictions and conditions specified in the Second Schedule hereto. One print of the photograph of the child provided on the application for a licence shall be attached to the licence.

3. The holder of a licence shall, at least seven days before the child takes part in any entertainment, furnish to the local authority within whose area the entertainment is to take place the information indicated in the Third Schedule hereto.

4. A request to a local authority for a...

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