10 15 20 25 30 35 sons, and other mechanical power is used in aid of the manufacturing process A.D. 1878 carried on there, and in which the only persons employed are members of the same family dwelling there, the foregoing regulations of women in this Act with respect to the employment of children young persons workshop. 5 and women shall not apply to such factory or workshop, and in lieu See thereof the following regulations shall be observed therein : (1.) A child or young person shall not be employed in the factory (2.) The period of employment for a young person shall, ex- (3.) There shall be allowed to every young person for meals 17. With respect to meals the following regulations shall (save as is in this Act specially excepted) be observed in a factory and 40 workshop: (1.) All children young persons and women employed therein domestic 30 & 31 Vict. c. 146. s. 6. Meal times to be simultaneous, and employ ment during meal time forbidden. 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15. 88. 32, 36. A.D. 1878. Regulations as to period of employment on Saturday of women em ployed only eight hours a day. 30 & 31 Vict. c. 103. Sched. 23. c. 146. Sched. 8. Notice fixing period of employment, hours of meals, (2.) A child young person or woman shall not during any part 18. The period of employment on Saturday for a young person 19. The occupier of a factory or workshop may from time to time fix within the limits allowed by this Act, and shall (save as is in this Act specially excepted) specify in a notice affixed in the factory or workshop, the period of employment, the times allowed 15 for meals, and whether the children are employed on the system Vict. c. 54. s.6. of morning and afternoon sets or of alternate days. and mode of employment of children. See 13 & 14 16 & 17 Vict. c. 104. s. 3. 37 & 38 Vict. c. 44. s. 9. Prohibition of employment of children under ten. See 37 & 38 39 & 40 Vict. c. 79. s. 5. The period of employment and the times allowed for meals in the factory or workshop shall be deemed to be the period and times specified in the notice affixed in the factory or workshop; and all 20 the children in the factory or workshop shall be employed either on the system of morning and afternoon sets or on the system of alternate days according to the system for the time being specified in such notice; Provided that a change in such period or times or system of em- 25 ployment shall not be made, until after the occupier has served on an inspector and affixed in the factory or workshop notice of his intention to make such change, and shall not be made oftener than once a quarter, unless for special cause allowed in writing by an inspector. 20. A child under the age of ten years shall not be employed in Prohibition of a factory or a workshop. employment of children, young persons, and women on Sunday. 30 & 31 Vict. c. 103. s. 7. c. 146. s. 6. Days to be observed as 21. A child young person or woman shall not (save as is in this Act specially excepted) be employed on Sunday in a factory or workshop. (4.) Holidays. 30 35 22. The occupier of a factory or of a workshop shall (save as is holidays, and in this Act specially excepted) allow to every child young person half holidays and woman employed therein the following holidays; that is to say, (1.) The whole of Christmas Day, and the whole either of Good 40 Friday, or, if it is so specified by the occupier in the notice to be allowed in factories and work shops. 5 10 15 20 affixed in the factory or workshop, of the next public A.D. 1878. holiday under the Holidays Extension Act, 1875; and in 38 & 39 Vict. addition c. 13. (2.) Eight half holidays in every year, but a whole holiday may (4.) Cessation from work shall not be deemed to be a half holi- A child young person or woman who (a.) on a whole holiday fixed by or in pursuance of this section (b.) on a half holiday fixed in pursuance of this section for a 25 shall be deemed to be employed contrary to the provisions of this If in a factory or workshop such whole holidays or half holidays as required by this section are not fixed in conformity therewith, the occupier of the factory or workshop shall be liable to a fine not 30 exceeding five pounds. 35 40 (5.) Education of Children. Will. 4. 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15. ss. 37, 32. at school of children employed in a factory or 23. The parent of a child employed in a factory or in a workshop Attendance shall cause that child to attend some recognised efficient school (which school may be selected by such parent), as follows: (1.) The child, when employed in a morning or afternoon set, shall in every week, during any part of which he is so employed, be caused to attend on each work day for at least one attendance; and workshop. Vict. c. 15. 39 & 40 Vict. (2.) The child, when employed on the alternate day system, A.D. 1878. See 37 & 38 s. 15. Obtaining of school attendance certificate by occupier of factory or workshop. (3.) An attendance for the purposes of this section shall be an Provided that (a.) A child shall not be required by this Act to attend school on Saturday or on any holiday or half holiday allowed under this Act in the factory or workshop in which the child is employed; and 10 (b.) The non-attendance of the child shall be excused on every (c.) Where there is not within the distance of two miles, measured A child who has not in any week attended school for all the attendances required by this section shall not be employed in the 30 following week, until he has attended school for the deficient number of attendances. The Education Department shall from time to time, by the publication of lists or by notices or otherwise as they think expedient, provide for giving to all persons interested information of the 35 schools in each school district which are recognised efficient schools. 24. The occupier of a factory or workshop in which a child is employed shall on Monday in every week (after the first week in which such child began to work therein), or on some other day appointed for that purpose by an inspector, obtain from the teacher 40 of the recognised efficient school attended by the child, a certificate (according to the prescribed form and directions) respecting the A.D. 1878. attendance of such child at school in accordance with this Act. See 7&8Vict. The employment of a child without obtaining such certificate as c. 15. s. 39. is required by this section shall be deemed to be employment of a 5 child contrary to the provisions of this Act. 10 The occupier shall keep every such certificate for two months after the date thereof if the child so long continues to be employed in his factory or his workshop, and shall produce the same to an inspector when required during that period. 30 & 31 Vict. c. 146. s. 16. 37 & 38 Vict. c. 44. s. 6. 39 & 40 Vict. c. 79. s. 8. 25. The board authority or persons who manage a recognised Payment by efficient school attended by a child employed in a factory or work- occupier on application shop, or some person authorised by such board authority or person, of sum for may apply in writing to the occupier of the factory or workshop schooling of child, and to pay a weekly sum specified in the application, not exceeding one deduction of 15 twelfth part of the wages of the child, and after that application it from the occupier, so long as he employs the child, shall be liable to pay See to the applicants, while the child attends their school, the said weekly sum, and the sum may be recovered as a debt, and occupier may deduct the sum so paid by him from the wages pay20 able for the services of the child. the wages. 30 & 31 Vict. 7 & 8 Vict. c. 146. s. 17. c. 15. s. 39. person of 26. When a child of the age of thirteen years has obtained from Employment a person authorised by the Education Department a certificate of as young having attained such standard of proficiency in reading writing child of 13 and arithmetic, or of previous due attendance at a certified efficient obtaining 25 school, as herein-after mentioned, that child shall be deemed to be a certificate. young person for the purposes of this Act. The standards of proficiency and due attendance for the purposes of this section shall be such as may be from time to time fixed for the purposes of this Act by a Secretary of State, with the consent 30 of the Education Department, and the standards so fixed shall be published in the London Gazette, and shall not have effect until the expiration of at least six months after such publication. Attendance at a certified day industrial school shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be attendance at a certified efficient 35 school. (6.) Certificates of Fitness for Employment. educational See 37 & 38 s. 12. 39 & 40 Vict. c. 79. ss. 5, 8, 48. Certificate of employment fitness for of children and young persons 27. In a factory a child or a young person under the age of sixteen years shall not be employed for more than seven, or if the certifying surgeon for the district resides more than three 40 miles from the factory thirteen, work days, unless the occupier under sixteen of the factory has obtained a certificate, in the prescribed form, of See 3&4 Will.4. c. 103. |