Victorian Current Acts

CHILD EMPLOYMENT ACT 2003 - SECT 26

    (1)     A person who employs a child in or in relation to a family business must ensure the child is directly supervised in that employment by—

        (a)     a parent of the child or a person who has parental responsibility for the child; or

        (b)     an adult—

              (i)     who works in the family business; and

              (ii)     who is an appropriate person, in all the circumstances, to have direct supervision of the child in that employment.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

    (2)     A person who employs a child in or in relation to a family business must ensure the child is not left in the supervision of a person referred to in subsection (1)(b) for an unreasonable period.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

Division 5—Employment in entertainment

S. 27 amended by Nos 26/2010 s. 22, 27/2022 s. 66.