Employment of Children Act 1973

3 Citation, etc.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Employment of Children Act 1973.

(2) In this Act—

(a) " child " means a person who is not for the purposes of the Education Acts over compulsory school age, or in Scotland school age ;

(b) " the Education Acts" means in England and Wales the Education Acts 1944 to 1971 and, in Scotland, the Education (Scotland) Acts 1939 to 1971;

and any reference in this Act to an enactment shall, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment, including an enactment contained in this Act.

(3) The enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of the Schedule.

(4) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument and—

(a) different days may be so appointed for different purposes of any one or more provisions of this Act; and

(b) an order under this subsection bringing section 1(2) or (3) of this Act into force may include such transitional provisions or savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient for temporarily preserving the power to make, and the effect of, byelaws notwithstanding the coming into force of regulations

(5) Nothing in this Act extends to Northern Ireland.