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29 CFR § 570.1 - Definitions. 

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title: "29 CFR § 570.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "570.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
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subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "570"
part_name: "CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND STATEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION"
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regulatory_source: "16 FR 7008, July 20, 1951, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 28 FR 1634, Feb. 21, 1963, and further redesignated and amended at 36 FR 25156, Dec. 29, 1971."
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# 570.1 Definitions.

As used in this part:

(a) *Act* means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219).

(b) *Oppressive child labor* means employment of a minor in an occupation for which he does not meet the minimum age standards of the Act, as set forth in § 570.2 of this subpart.

(c) *Oppressive child labor age* means an age below the minimum age established under the Act for the occupation in which a minor is employed or in which his employment is contemplated.

(d) A *certificate of age* means a certificate as provided in § 570.5(b) (1) or (2) of this part.

(e) [Reserved]

(f) *Secretary” or Secretary of Labor* means the Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, or his authorized representative.

(g) *Wage and Hour Division* means the Wage and Hour Division, United States Department of Labor.

(h) *Administrator* means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division or his authorized representative.

(i) *State agency* means any officer, executive department, board, bureau or commission of a State or any division or unit thereof authorized to take action with respect to the application of laws relating to minors.

[41 FR 26834, June 29, 1976, as amended at 82 FR 2229, Jan. 9, 2017]