Minors quick reference

UBCP/ACTRA BC Master Production Agreement 2025-2028, Article A27 — Minors.

Checked against source 2026-08-03

Worth checking. Re-verified against the full consolidated 2025–2028 BCMPA text (not just the amendment MOA). Most of Article A27 carried over word-for-word from 2021–2024; where something genuinely changed — tutoring, chaperone rights, and monies in trust — it’s called out below.

Hours of work, by age

Age	Max day	Overtime	Before camera	Min break	Min call	Tutoring
15 days – 2 yrs	8 hr	Forbidden	15 min	20 min	4 hr	n/a
3 – 5 yrs*	8 hr	Forbidden	30 min	15 min	4 hr	n/a
6 – 11 yrs	8 hr	Forbidden	45 min	10 min	4 hr	3 hr/day when required
12 – 16 yrs	10 hr	2 hr/day included	60 min	10 min	8 hr	3 hr/day when required

* A five-year-old attending school follows the 6–11 year hourly requirement. Kindergarten is not considered school. — A2705(f)

Chaperone ratio, by age

Age of minor	Minors per parent/guardian/chaperone
15 days – 2 yrs	1
3 – 5 yrs	1
6 – 11 yrs	3
12 – 16 yrs	5

Worth checking. A2703(b) extracts with the same broken row alignment in both the 2021-2024 and 2025-2028 official PDFs — the ratio numbers sit one row below the age band they belong to, a PDF cell-alignment artifact rather than missing content. Reading them shifted up one row gives 15 days–5 yrs = 1, 6–11 yrs = 3, 12–16 yrs = 5, which is what is shown here (with the youngest band split to match the Hours of Work table) and independently matches the numbers supplied directly. Two independent sources now agree; treat as resolved rather than uncertain.

Work window

Earliest start5:00 AMA2705(b)(i)

Latest, evening before a school day10:00 PMA2705(b)(i)

Latest, evening before a non-school day12:30 AMA2705(b)(i)

Latest, during scheduled school breaks2:00 AMA2705(b)(ii)

Spring, summer, winter breaks. Not attending school those days.

Extending the windowRequires 48 hr written notice and Union approvalA2705(c)

Under-6 needs prior express written consent. Not unreasonably withheld, but never automatic.

Meal and rest

Meal break — maximum work before one5 consecutive hoursA2705(d)

Meal break length30 min minimum, 60 min maximumA2705(d)

Rest between days (turnaround)12 hoursA2705(e)

From the minor's time of dismissal to their call — or school start time — the next day.

No split shiftsProhibitedA2705(f)(ii)

Work week5 days max out of 7. A 7th consecutive day is prohibited outright.A2705(a), A2703(l)

Auditions, fittings and tests on school days

Latest call, under 127:00 PMA2705(g)

Latest call, 12–159:00 PMA2705(g)

Tutoring

A tutor is required when3+ school days in a production week, or 2+ school days in each of 3+ consecutive production weeksA2706(a)

Extended to 17-18 year oldsPerformers aged 17-18 who still attend school get the same tutoring requirement as a MinorA2706(a), as amended by the 2025-2028 MOA

New in this term. A 17-18 year old is not a "Minor" under A2701(a), so without this clause tutoring would not apply to them at all.

Tutor qualificationBC Teacher's Certificate (or, for a minor from another country, an equivalent plus a clean CRRA search)A2706(b)

Minimum tutoring per work day3 hoursA2706(d)(i)

Banking tutoring timeUp to 3 hours a day may be banked in place of school, to a maximum of 12 hours per month, and must be used within 30 days of being earnedA2706(d), (f)

A2706(f) also allows a summer exception (up to one week's worth banked ahead of the school year) and requires the banked time be paid and tutor-supervised, same as any other tutoring.

Chaperone

Must be presentOn set, within sight and sound of the minor, at all timesA2702(a), A2703(b)

Designating a proxyMust be 19+, not the producer, tutor, or an employee of either — in writingA2703(i)

A proxy cannot give consent on the parent/guardian's behalf for medical, disclosure or role-review matters — A2702(a)(ii), A2703(d), (e), (f) stay with the actual parent/guardian.

Multiple minors, same production, separate locationsOne adult per minor is still requiredA2703(j)

Extended to age 17Upon request of the parent/guardian/chaperone of a performer aged 17, chaperone-presence rights (A2703(b)) and the requirement to accompany the minor when travelling overnight (A2703(c)) both extend to them — new in the 2025-2028 agreement. A 17-year-old is not a "Minor" under A2701(a), so without this request these protections would otherwise lapse at 17.A2703(b), (c), as amended by the 2025-2028 MOA

Infants (15 days – 2 yrs)

Definition15 days to 2 years old. Under 15 days may not be employed at all.A2704(a)

Light exposureMax 100 foot-candle intensity for no more than 30 seconds at a timeA2704(e)

Adult ratioOne adult per infant, even with multiple infants on the same productionA2704(f)

FacilitiesCrib, changing table, and a private, quiet, warm area to feed and rest without being heldA2704(c)

Monies in trust

Where earnings over the threshold goOnce a minor's earnings on a production pass $2,000, the minor (or someone acting for them) chooses where the excess is held in trust: the ACTRA Performers' Rights Society, the Public Guardian and Trustee, another permitted trust, or a court-approved account. The PGT applies only by default, if no choice is made.A2709, as amended by the 2025-2028 MOA (item 23, replacing Sideletter No. 14)

Rewritten in this term. The 2021-2024 agreement made the PGT the automatic destination with no choice; this is now bargained agreement text, not a statutory aside.

Not from the agreement

These two come from the union’s own published quick-facts material, not from Article A27 itself. Shown separately rather than blended in with citations they don’t have.

Not from the agreement

Work permit surcharge50% surcharge for a non-member; 100% after the Union has issued six permitsNot located in the BCMPA text held here

From the union's own published quick-facts sheet, not the agreement itself. Treat as reliable but unverified against Article A27 directly.

Payment timingDue the 4th business day following the pay week — commonly the following ThursdayNot located in the BCMPA text held here

From the union's published quick-facts sheet.

This card summarizes; it does not replace the collective agreement. Where this card and the agreement differ, the agreement governs.