An Act to regulate the Employment of Children in Agriculture.
Citation
36 & 37 Vict. c. 67
Territorial extent
England and Wales[2]
Dates
Royal assent
5 August 1873
Commencement
1 January 1875[3]
Other legislation
Repealed by
Elementary Education Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 79), s 52 & Sch 4
The Agricultural Children Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 67) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which prohibited the agricultural employment of children under the age of eight[4] and also provided for the education of children involved in farm labour. As part of this, the act stated that children could not be employed in agricultural work without parental confirmation that they had attended school a certain number of times in the preceding twelve months, specifically 250 times for children aged eight to ten and 150 times for individuals over the age of ten.[5]
Ultimately, the act was ineffective,[4][5] and its provisions were replaced by those of the Elementary Education Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 70) and the Elementary Education Act 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 23).[6][7]
^This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act.
^Did not extend to Scotland or Ireland: The Agricultural Children Act 1873, section 2
^The Agricultural Children Act 1873, section 3
^ abKirkby, Peter (2003). Child Labour in Britain, 1750-1870. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 60.
^ abBourdillon, Michael F. C.; Levison, Deborah; Myers, William E.; White, Ben (2010). Rights and Wrongs of Children's Work. Rutgers University Press. p. 46.
^Horn, P. L. R. (1974). "The Agricultural Children Act of 1873". History of Education. 3 (2): 27–39. doi:10.1080/0046760740030203.
^"Agricultural Children Act, 1873". 1873.
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