Factory Act 1961
The fact that the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act 1920 prohibits the employment of a child in any industrial undertaking means no child can be employed in a factory environment.
The law defines the term ‘factory’ as including the following classes of premises:
Premises in which, or within the close or curtilage or precincts of which, persons are employed in manual labour in any process for or incidental to:
- The making of any article or of part of any article, or the altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, or washing, or the breaking up or demolition of any article, or the adapting for sale of any article.
Premises in which the work is carried on by way of trade or for purposes of gain and to which the employer of the persons employed therein has the right of control.
A copy of the full Act may be purchased from Office of Public Sector Information / Her Majesty's Stationary Office
