Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)RegulationsHealth and Safety of Children at Work Regulations, 201012. Offences and penalties |
| 1) | Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of these regulations shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period of 12 months and, in the case of an continuing offence, to an additional fine of R200 or to additional imprisonment for each day on which the offence continues: Provided that the period of such additional imprisonment shall not exceed 90 days. |
| 2) | If a person is convicted of a offence under these regulations, and the action or omissions that constitutes the offence is also a worst form of child labour as defined in regulation 9 of the Regulations on Hazardous Work by Children, made in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997, the court on convicting that person and determining a sentence must take into account that - |
| a) | that South Africa has ratified Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999; |
| b) | that the offence constitutes a worst form of child labour in terms of that Convention. |