The Children (Performances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/2384
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Children (Performances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 29th September 2000.

(2) In these Regulations, “the 1968 Regulations ” means the Children (Performances) Regulations 1968 .

(3) These Regulations extend to England only.

Section 2 Amendment of the 1968 Regulations

(1) The 1968 Regulations are amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 10(4) (education)—

(a) omit “on location” in each place where those words occur, and

(b) omit sub-paragraph (e).

(3) In regulation 27—

(a) in the heading, for “thirteen” substitute “nine”,

(b) in paragraph (1), for “thirteen” substitute “nine”,

(c) in paragraph (1)(a), for “eight” substitute “nine and a half”,

(d) for sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1), substitute “(b) before seven in the morning or after seven in the evening.”,

(e) in paragraph (2)(a), after “performance or rehearsal” insert “ either between the hours of seven in the morning and seven in the evening or”,

(f) in paragraph (2)(a)(iii), for “eight” substitute “nine and a half ”,

(g) in paragraph (2)(b), after “twelve hours” insert “either between the hours of seven in the morning and seven in the evening or”,

(h) in paragraph (3), for “thirteen” substitute “nine”,

(i) in paragraph (3)(b), for “three and a half” substitute “four”,

(j) in paragraph (4), for “thirteen” substitute “nine”.

(4) In regulation 28—

(a) in the heading, for “twelve” substitute “eight”,

(b) for “the age of thirteen” in each place where those words occur, substitute “the age of nine”,

(c) in paragraph (1)(b), delete “, except that a child who has attained the age of ten years may be present until five in the afternoon”,

(d) omit paragraph (2).

(5) In regulation 37—

(a) in the heading, for “thirteen” substitute “nine”,

(b) in paragraph (1), for “thirteen” substitute “nine”,

(c) in paragraph (1)(a), for “eight” substitute “nine and a half”,

(d) for sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1), substitute “(b) before seven in the morning or after seven in the evening.”,

(e) in paragraph (2)(b), for “three and a half” substitute “four”.

(6) In regulation 38—

(a) in the heading, for “twelve” substitute “eight”,

(b) in paragraph (1), for “thirteen” substitute “nine”,

(c) in paragraph (1)(b), delete “, except that a child who has attained the age of ten years may be present until five in the afternoon”.