Quarries Amendment Act 1977
Quarries Amendment Act 1977
Quarries Amendment Act 1977
Quarries Amendment Act 1977
Public Act |
1977 No 186 |
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Date of assent |
23 December 1977 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Quarries Act 1944
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Quarries Amendment Act 1977, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Quarries Act 1944 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Restricting employment of women and young persons
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 21, and substituting the following section:
“21
“(1)
No person under 15 years of age shall be employed in any capacity in or about any quarry.
“(2)
No woman or girl shall be employed below ground in a tunnel except to do occasionally any class of work that she usually does above ground.
“(3)
A person who is under 16 years of age shall not be employed below ground in any tunnel nor be employed on any dredge.
“(4)
A person who is under 18 years of age shall not be employed as a lander or braceman over any shaft; nor, except in cases of a breakage or some other emergency, shall he be employed in or about any quarry for more than—
“(a)
Forty-eight hours (excluding meal times) in any 1 week; or
“(b)
Eight hours (excluding meal times) in any 1 day.”
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Energy.