The Chimney Sweepers Regulation Act 1864
WHEREAS by the Act of the Session of the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty Queen Victoria (Chapter Eighty-five), "for the Regulation of Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys," Provision was made to prevent any Person compelling or knowingly allowing a Child or young Person under the Age of Twenty-one Years to ascend or descend a Chimney or enter a Flue for the Purpose of sweeping, cleaning, or coring the same, or for extinguishing Fire therein: And whereas it is expedient to amend in some Particu...