| Short Title: | Chimney Sweepers Act 1834 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act for the better Regulation of Chimney Sweepers and their Apprentices, and for the safer Construction of Chimneys and Flues. |
| Year: | 1834 |
| Citation: | 4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 35 |
| Royal Assent: | 25 July 1834 |
| Commencement: | 25 July 1834 |
| Expiry Date: | 1 January 1840 1 July 1842 |
| Repeal Date: | 18 July 1874 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Statute Law Revision Act 1874 |
| Status: | Repealed |
| Original Text: | https://education-uk.org/documents/acts/1834-chimney-sweepers-act.html |
The Chimney Sweepers Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 35) was a British act of Parliament passed to try to stop child labour. Many boys as young as six were being used as chimney sweeps.
This act stated that an apprentice must express himself in front of a magistrate that he was willing and desirous. Masters must not take on boys under the age of fourteen. An apprentice could not be lent to another master. The master could only have six apprentices. Boys under fourteen who were already apprenticed, must wear brass cap badges on a leather cap. Apprentices were not allowed to climb flues to extinguish fires. Street cries were regulated.