Are there jobs children are not allowed to do?

Yes. Kent County Council Bye-Laws prohibit the following types of employment.

Jobs not allowed

• Delivering fuel oils
• Street trading
• Pub and bar work
• Cleaning/operating machinery
• Door to door selling
• Delivery of milk
• Collecting or sorting refuse
• Sale of alcohol, except in sealed containers
• Preparation of meat or fish for sale
• Telephone sales
• Activities connected with the use of firearms
• Personal care of residents in care homes (except under supervision of an adult)

Places of work not allowed

• Commercial kitchens
• Fairground and amusement arcades
• Building sites
• Gambling clubs
• Cinema, theatre, discotheque, dance hall or nightclub
• Markets (unless employed and directly supervised by a child's parent in connection with their retail business)