Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act 1920
1920 c.65
An Act to carry out certain Conventions relating to the employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children, and to amend the law with respect to the employment of Women and Young Persons in Factories and Workshops.
C1C2C3C4I1C5C6Whereas at Washington, on the twenty-eighth day of November, nineteen hundred and nineteen, a general conference of the International Labour Organisation of the League of Nations adopted three conventions containing (together with other provisions) the provisions set out in Part I., Part II . . .F1 of the Schedule to this Act:
And whereas at Genoa on the ninth day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty, a general conference of the International Labour Organisation of the League of Nations adopted a convention containing (together with other provisions) the provisions set out in Part IV. of the Schedule to this Act:
And whereas it is expedient that for the purpose of carrying out the said conventions the provisions hereinafter contained should have effect:
And whereas it is expedient to make further provision as to the conditions under which . . .F1 young persons may be employed in factories and workshops:
Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII
Act amended by (E.W.) Education Act 1944 (c. 31), s. 58 and (S.) Education (Scotland) Act 1962 (c. 47), s. 139(1)
This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland
Act amended by S.I. 1988/1222, regs. 3, 4
Act amended by S.I. 1990/1380, reg. 3
Act: saved by virtue of Health and Saftety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37, SIF 43:3), s. 53, Sch. 1 and Tay Road Bridge Order Confirmation Act 1991 (c. iv), Sch. Pt. VII s. 62
Act: saved by virtue of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37, SIF 43:3), s. 53, Sch. 1 and Highland Regional Council (Harbours) Order Confirmation Act 1991 (c. xii), s. 61(1)(f)
Act wholly in force at 1.1.1921