Places where children can't work

Children can't work, paid or unpaid, in the following places:

  • commercial kitchen
  • chip shop
  • fairground or amusement arcade
  • pub or bar
  • building site
  • gambling club
  • cinema
  • theatre (except with an entertainment licence, see below)
  • disco or dance hall
  • more than 3 metres above floor level
  • billiard, snooker or pool hall
  • warehouse or factory
  • slaughterhouse or butcher’s shop