Employment (Children and Young Persons) Regulations

These Regulations may be cited as the Employment (Children and Young Persons) Regulations.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“approved apprenticeship” means any apprenticeship approved by the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore, from time to time;“electrical apparatus” includes all apparatus, machines, consuming devices and fittings in which electrical conductors are used or which they form a part;“insulated” means covered or protected by material of such size, quality and construction according to the circumstances so as to afford adequate protection from danger;“live” means electrically charged.

Subject to section 68(2) of the Act, no child who is below the age of 13 years shall be employed in any occupation.

No young person shall be employed in an industrial undertaking unless he has been examined by a registered medical practitioner and certified to be medically fit.

No child or young person shall be employed as a workman during the night or any part thereof.

Subject to regulation 8, no child shall be employed as a workman for —

Subject to regulation 8, no young person shall, without the written permission of the Commissioner, be employed as a workman in an industrial undertaking for —

Where a child or young person is attending school, the period of work put in by the child or young person and the period of school attendance shall not in the aggregate exceed 6 hours or 7 hours, respectively, in any one day except where the child or young person is employed upon work carried on in any Government or other technical school, or under any approved apprenticeship scheme.

No child or young person shall, without the written permission of the Commissioner, be employed as a workman on a rest day.

No child, except a child employed under an approved apprenticeship scheme, shall be employed as a workman on any vessel unless the vessel is under the personal charge of the parent of the child.

No person shall employ or permit to be employed any child or young person in any service involving management of, or attendance on or proximity to any live electrical apparatus not effectively insulated.

No child or young person shall be employed in any underground work.

When a young person is employed in an industrial undertaking, the employer shall notify the Commissioner of that fact within 30 days from the date of employment and give all relevant particulars relating to that young person in the form set out in the Schedule.