British child labor laws?

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Marty Larson" 
<marty.larson at v...> wrote:

Marty:
> So here's my question in regards to the filming of the HP movies - 
> they (whoever they are - WB, Heyman, etc.) say that the filming takes 
> so long because under the child labor laws of Britian, The kids may 
> only film for 4 1/2 hours a day.  No problem with that, but at what 
> age are they no longer considered under these regulations?  The 
> research I did said that the age requirement is related to compulsary 
> school age.  So what is that in Britain?  If it is say, 16, then this 
> shouldn't be a critical a factor for OotP, correct? And the remaining 
> three movies can move along guite a bit faster. Or is it older?  When 
> do you reach your majority in Britain?

Geoff:
As Sarah has pointed out, a young person in the UK is restricted as to 
the amount of work they can do as long as they are in full-time 
mandatory education which is up to the end of the summer term following 
their 16th birthday.

So it is not related to the age of majority which is 18. A Sixth-former 
or a 16-18 year old in a higher education college normally has to meet 
the lesson demands of their courses - when I was in the Sixth many 
moons ago, I had a Saturday morning job - so they could take more than 
the stipulated hours for younger people if they could fit them in. Some 
older pupils in my area will work in the evenings for example.