Checklist · Sports & Entertainment Law

Victorian child employment checklist for entertainment

A checklist for employing a child under 15 in Victorian entertainment or advertising: the licence, the supervisor, the hours on the employment page, and the records. Medical details are not copied into the checklist.

Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
Where it applies: Victoria
AI use: Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
Law stated as at: 22 October 2026
Status: Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Victoria.
Version: 1
Source: Written for this library

When to use it

Use when a Victorian production will employ someone under 15 in film, television, radio, advertising, photography, modelling, or live entertainment, whether paid or voluntary. Do not use it as the licence application or the child information form. The Mandatory Code itself was not opened.

Used for these tasks

Build the child-performer employment checklist for a production

Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.

How AI may be used

AI may place each child into the age row on the page and list the licence and supervision gaps. It must not copy medical information, or say a variation of the hours will be granted.

AI may

Record whether a current entertainment licence names an employee representative with a Working with Children clearance, or a stated exemption
Match a child's age to the film row or the live-entertainment row and copy that row's days, spread and hours
Flag school-hours work that has no attendance exemption, and a baby under 12 weeks whose form is not identified
List the supervision record that must be kept for 5 years, without copying a clearance number into an unapproved tool

AI must not

Must not copy a child's medical information, or draft the child information form
Must not say the employer may exceed the hours. Variation and school-hours exemption are separate applications and those pages were not opened
Must not treat the Mandatory Code as read beyond the parts this employment page sets out
Must not employ, or describe employing, a child under 15 without a licence as lawful

The lawyer checks

The worker is under 15, the work is entertainment or advertising, and the licence is an entertainment licence that is still inside its one-year term
The supervisor matches the age band, is at least 18, and holds a clearance unless the page's exemption applies
The hours row matches film and stills, or live entertainment, and the 9 pm and school-day limits are applied where the page marks them
A parent has been given the role, duties, hours and workplaces, and the medical form is held by the employer and not in this checklist

Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.

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