HC Deb 15 July 1918 vol 108 c853

If any person—

  1. (a) employs a child in such a manner as to prevent the child from attending school according to the Education Acts and the by-laws in force in the district in which the child resides; or
  2. (b) having received notice of any prohibition or restriction as to the employment of a child issued by a local education authority under this Act, employs a child in such a manner as to contravene the prohibition or restriction; or
  3. (c) employs a young person in such a manner as to prevent the young person attending a continuation school which he is required to attend under this Act; or
  4. (d) employs a young person at any time when, in pursuance of any requirement under this Act issued by a local education authority, the employment of that young person must be suspended;
he shall be deemed to have employed the child or young person in contravention of the Employment of Children Act, 1903, and Sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section five and Section six and Section eight of that Act shall apply accordingly as if they were herein re-enacted and in terms made applicable to young persons as well as to children.

Amendment made: Leave out the words "young persons as well as to children," and insert instead thereof the words "children and young persons within the meaning of this Act, as well as to children within the meaning of that Act."—[Mr. Fisher.]