Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887

Part I.

Employment of Boys, Girls, and Women.[1]

Employment below ground of boys under thirteen and of girls and women prohibited.

4. No boy under the age of [2 thirteen] years, and no girl or woman of any age, shall be employed in or allowed to be for the purpose of employment in any mine below ground.

[1 For general restrictions on employment of “children,” see 3 Edw. 7. c. 45, ss. 3, 9, and for general limitation on employment of workmen below ground, see 8 Edw. 7. c. 57.]

[2 Substituted for “twelve” by 63 & 64 Vict. c. 21.]