Victorian Numbered Acts

CHILD EMPLOYMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2022 (NO. 27 OF 2022)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act  

   PART 2--AMENDMENTS IN RELATION TO EMPLOYMENT, AUTHORISED OFFICERS AND OTHER MATTERS

           Division 1--General amendments

   4.      Purposes  
   5.      Definitions  
   6.      Section 4 substituted  
   7.      New sections 4A and 4B inserted  
   8.      What is light work?  
   9.      Heading to section 6 substituted  
   10.     Employment without a permit  
   11.     Minimum age for employment  
   12.     Employment of children during school hours  
   13.     Prohibited employment  
   14.     New section 12A inserted  
   15.     Permit conditions  
   16.     Record keeping by employers  
   17.     Supervision of children in employment  
   18.     New section 19AA inserted  
   19.     Application of Worker Screening Act 2020  
   20.     Exemptions from WWC check  
   21.     Condition 2—hours of work  
   22.     Contravention of conditions  
   23.     Section 26 substituted  
   24.     Effect of the mandatory code  
   25.     Heading to Division 1 of Part 4 substituted  
   26.     Section 37 repealed  
   27.     Section 38 substituted  
   28.     Identity cards  
   29.     Section 40 amended  
   30.     When may powers be exercised?  
   31.     Power of entry  
   32.     Powers on entry  
   33.     Power to give directions  
   34.     Power to require information or documents  
   35.     Retention of documents  
   36.     New section 45A inserted  
   37.     Confidentiality  
   38.     New Division 1A of Part 4 inserted  
   39.     Section 47 amended  
   40.     Protection against self-incrimination  
   41.     Section 49 amended  
   42.     New Division 3 of Part 4 inserted  
   43.     Delegation  
   44.     Regulations  
   45.      Amendment of Education and Training Reform Act 2006  

           Division 2--Amendments in relation to non-profit organisations

   46.     What is employment?  

   PART 3--AMENDMENTS IN RELATION TO LICENSING AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVES AND NOMINATED OFFICERS

   47.     Purposes  
   48.     Definitions  
   49.     Supervisors in relation in entertainment  
   50.     When may a child be employed?  
   51.     Section 9 amended  
   52.     Division 2 of Part 2 heading amended  
   53.     Section 13 substituted  
   54.     Section 13A repealed  
   55.     Section 14 amended  
   56.     New section 15 inserted  
   57.     Section 16 substituted  
   58.     Section 16A repealed  
   59.     Section 17 substituted  
   60.     Section 18 substituted  
   61.     Section 18A substituted and new sections 18AB to 18AK inserted  
   62.     Record keeping by employers  
   63.     Application of Worker Screening Act 2020  
   64.     Contravention of conditions  
   65.     When may a child be employed in a family business?  
   66.     When may a child be employed in entertainment?  
   67.     Provisions that do not apply to employment in entertainment  
   68.     Part 3 substituted  
   69.     When may powers be exercised?  
   70.     Power of entry  
   71.     Powers on entry  
   72.     Power to require information or documents  
   73.     Effect of compliance notice  
   74.     Additional compliance functions of the Wage Inspectorate Victoria  
   75.     Regulations  
   76.      Consequential amendment of Education and Training Reform Act 2006  
   77.     Consequential amendment of Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005  

   PART 4--TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS

   78.     New division headings inserted in Part 6  
   79.     New Division 3 of Part 6 inserted  

   PART 5--REPEAL OF THIS ACT

   80.     Repeal of this Act  
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