Mines (Prohibition of Child Labour Underground) Act 1900

The Mines (Prohibition of Child Labour Underground) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 21) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The statute prevented boys under the age of thirteen from working, or being (for the purposes of employment) in an underground mine.

An estimated 3,000 boys were affected by the new law, which was passed on 30 July 1900.

The act was repealed in full by the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 70); by such time the act was out of date and was no longer necessary due to the stronger provisions in the Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act 1920.

See also

• Mining in the United Kingdom

References

1. Coal mining in the United Kingdom
2. Child labour
3. History of labour law
4. History of labour law in the United Kingdom
5. Labour in India
6. Factory Acts
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9. Feminism in the United Kingdom
10. Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
11. List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1900
12. Coolie
13. History of Ontario
14. United States labor law
15. Slavery in India
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17. Forty acres and a mule
18. History of slavery
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