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Solomon Islands - Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons - Law, Act

Child and Family Welfare Act 2016 (No. 3 of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-02-20 | SLB-2017-L-105133

The Act sets out the framework for the care and protection of children, including those that are (or are at risk of) being exploited sexually or subject to hazardous labour. The definition of “hazardous or exploitive labour”, in relation to a child, includes any work that:
(a) is inappropriate for the child’s age; or
(b) is hazardous to the child’s physical or mental health; or
(c) impairs the child’s education and moral development.

Part 1 - Preliminary Matters
Part 2 - Objects and Principles of Act
Part 3 - Administration
Part 4 - Care and Protection of Children
Part 5 - General Offences
Part 6 - Miscellaneous Matters
Part 7- Consequential Amendments to the Adoption Act 2004