EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972

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EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 52



52.(1) If it appears to a board that a child who is a registered pupil at a
school is being employed in such manner as to be prejudicial to his health or
otherwise to render him unfit to obtain the full benefit of the education
provided for him, the board may, by notice in writing served on the employer,
prohibit him from employing the child or impose such restrictions on his
employment of the child as appears to it to be expedient in the interests of
the child.

(2) A board may, by notice in writing served on the parent or employer of a
child who is a registered pupil at a school, require the parent or employer to
furnish to the board, within such time as may be specified in the notice, such
information as appears to the board to be necessary for the purpose of
enabling it to ascertain whether the child is being employed in such a manner
as to render him unfit to obtain the full benefit of the education provided
for him.

(3) Any person who employs a child in contravention of any prohibition or
restriction imposed under paragraph (1) or who fails to comply with a notice
served under paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary
conviction in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding #10, in the
case of a second offence to a fine not exceeding #20 and in the case of a
third or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding #20 or to imprisonment for
a term not exceeding one month or to both.

(4) If it is made to appear to a court of summary jurisdiction on the
complaint of an officer of a board that there is reasonable cause to believe
that a child who is a registered pupil at a school is employed in
contravention of a prohibition or restriction imposed under paragraph (1) in
any place whether a building or not, the court may by order addressed to an
officer of the board empower him to enter such place at any reasonable time
within forty-eight hours of the making of the order and to make inquiries
therein with respect to the child.

(5) Any person who obstructs an officer of a board in the due exercise of any
powers conferred on him by or under this Article or who refuses to answer or
answers falsely any inquiry authorised by or under this Article to be made
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction in respect of
each offence to a fine not exceeding #20.

(6) Proceedings under this Article may be brought by or in the name of an
officer of a board.

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EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 52