what child labor laws were passed in britain
A succession of laws on child labour, the so-called Factory Acts, were passed in Britain in the 19th century. Children younger than nine were not allowed to work, those aged 9â16 could work 16 hours per day per Cotton Mills Act.In 1856, the law permitted child labour past age 9, for 60 hours per week, night or day.hese laws do not consider all work by children as child labour; exceptions include work by child artists, supervised training, certain categories of work such as those by Amish children, some forms of child work common among indigenous American children, and others.