Young workers: daily rest period (hours)

The consecutive hours off a worker under 18 gets in every 24-hour period they work.

12hours

Primary source only Statutory Instrument Great Britain in force since 1998-10-01

Checked against its sources: statute verified 2026-09-21

Scope: Twelve consecutive hours, against the adult's eleven in regulation 10(1) — a separate figure in the same regulation, and one this corpus cannot yet carry, because the instrument its F-note names substituted only the words "An adult worker". Regulation 10(3) is the only relief on the face of the provision; the Part 3 exceptions (regs 18 to 27A) can switch regulation 10 off for particular work, in which case regulation 24 or 27A(4)(b) gives compensatory rest instead.

Current sources

Source A · Legislationhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1833/made (SI 1998/1833 reg 10(2) as made: "Subject to paragraph (3), a young worker is entitled to a rest period of not less than twelve consecutive hours in each 24-hour period during which he works for his employer"; in force 1 October 1998, reg 1(1))

retrieved 2026-09-11

History

Value	From	To	Status	Sources
12	1998-10-01	—	Primary source only	Legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1833/made (SI 1998/1833 reg 10(2) as made: "Subject to paragraph (3), a young worker is entitled to a rest period of not less than twelve consecutive hours in each 24-hour period during which he works for his employer"; in force 1 October 1998, reg 1(1)) retrieved 2026-09-11

Receipt

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Name in the API: Young worker: minimum daily rest period (hours)
Record fields (source type · unit · jurisdiction · status): si·hours·GB·single_source_A
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Compiler's notes

An SI carry (ADR-0014), and a HOST-STATES one: SI 2002/3128 reg 11 touched regulation 10's paragraph (1) only — substituting "A worker" for "An adult worker" — so nothing has amended paragraph (2) and the 1998 Regulations state the value by their own words. The contrast with reg 10(1) in the very same regulation is the clearest statement of what this probe does and does not certify.