§ The Employment of Children Act, 1903, so fat-as it relates to Scotland shall be amended as follows:
§ (1) For Sub-section (1) of Section three the following Sub-section shall be substituted:
- A child under the age of thirteen shall not be employed on any clay on which lie is required to attend school before the close of school hours on that day, nor on any day before eight o'clock in the morning or after six o'clock in the evening, nor shall any child who is of the age of thirteen, he so employed unless he has been exempted under the Education (Scotland) Act, 1901, from the obligation to attend school.
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Lords Amendment: At end of Sub-section (1), insert the words
Provided that any local authority may by by-law vary these restrictions, either generally or for any specified occupation.
—Agreed to.