Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A person must not
employ or permit to be employed a child of compulsory school age during the
hours when the child is required to —
(a)
attend school; or
(b)
otherwise participate in an educational programme of a school.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
(1a) In subsection (1)
—
child of compulsory school age includes a child to
whom section 9(1) does not apply by operation of section 11F(2), 11H(5) or
11H(6).
(2) A child is
employed within the meaning of subsection (1) if the child is engaged in work
for the purpose of gain by a person even if the child is not paid for the work
done.
(3) Subsection (1)
does not apply if the employment of the child —
(a) is
authorised by an arrangement under section 24; or
(b) is
—
(i)
included in the educational programme applicable to the
child; or
(ii)
approved under section 11G,
and is consistent with
the terms and conditions of the programme or approval.
[Section 29 amended: No. 22 of 2005 s. 25; No. 28
of 2014 s. 35.]