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VOCATIONAL TRAINING ACT 1989 - SECT 88

88. (1) An employer shall not, without reasonable excuse, employ in a trade a person who has not attained the age of 21 years.

Penalty:

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—$1,000;

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—$5,000.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person who, under a contract of employment, peforms work ordinarily performed by a person qualified in a trade shall be taken to be employed in that trade, unless the contrary is established.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the employment in a trade of—

        (a)     an apprentice in that trade;

        (b)     a transitional apprentice in that trade;

        (c)     a transitional probationer in relation to that trade; or

        (d)     a person qualified in that trade.

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