An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Protection of Children and Young Persons, Reformatory and Industrial Schools, and Juvenile Offenders, and otherwise to amend the Law with respect to Children and Young Persons.
Reformatory and Industrial Schools (Manx Children) Act 1884
Industrial Schools (Ireland) Act 1885
Reformatory and Industrial Schools Act 1891
Reformatory Schools Act 1893
Industrial Schools Acts Amendment Act 1894
Reformatory and Industrial Schools (Channel Islands Children) Act 1895
Infant Life Protection Act 1897
Reformatory Schools Act 1899
Youthful Offenders Act 1901
Secretary of State for Scotland Act 1904
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
It established juvenile courts[1] and introduced the registration of foster parents, thus regulating baby-farming and wet-nursing and trying to stamp out infanticide. Local authorities were also granted powers to keep poor children out of the poorhouse/workhouse and protect them from abuse. The act also prohibited children, under the age of 16, working in dangerous trades, purchasing cigarettes, entering brothels, or the bars of trading pubs. Additionally, it prohibited the consumption of alcohol, for non medicinal purposes, before the age of five. The act also prohibited children from learning criminal "tricks of the trade" in adult prisons, where children were often sent to serve time if a crime had been committed. Instead the Children's Charter had allocated Borstals. It eventually led to many councils setting up social services and orphanages.
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^"1908 Children's Act was created to protect the poorest children in society from abuse". Intriguing History. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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children, 1908, also, known, children, young, persons, 1908, passed, liberal, government, part, british, liberal, party, liberal, reforms, package, informally, known, children, charter, largely, superseded, industrial, schools, 1868, parliamentparliament, unit. The Children Act 1908 8 Edw 7 c 67 also known as the Children and Young Persons Act 1908 passed by the Liberal government as part of the British Liberal Party s liberal reforms package The Act was informally known as the Children s Charter and largely superseded the Industrial Schools Act 1868 Children Act 1908Act of ParliamentParliament of the United KingdomLong titleAn Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Protection of Children and Young Persons Reformatory and Industrial Schools and Juvenile Offenders and otherwise to amend the Law with respect to Children and Young Persons Citation8 Edw 7 c 67Territorial extent United KingdomDatesRoyal assent21 December 1908Commencement1 April 1909Other legislationRepeals revokesMiddlesex Industrial Schools Act 1854Reformatory Schools Act 1866Industrial Schools Act 1866Industrial Schools Ireland Act 1868Reformatory and Industrial Schools Acts Amendment Act 1872Prisons Authorities Act 1874Middlesex Industrial Schools Act 1875Prisons Authorities Act 1874 Amendment Act 1878Elementary Education Industrial Schools Act 1879Industrial Schools Acts Amendment Act 1880Reformatory Institutions Ireland Act 1881Reformatory and Industrial Schools Manx Children Act 1884Industrial Schools Ireland Act 1885Reformatory and Industrial Schools Act 1891Reformatory Schools Act 1893Industrial Schools Acts Amendment Act 1894Reformatory and Industrial Schools Channel Islands Children Act 1895Infant Life Protection Act 1897Reformatory Schools Act 1899Youthful Offenders Act 1901Secretary of State for Scotland Act 1904Status Partially repealedText of statute as originally enacted It established juvenile courts 1 and introduced the registration of foster parents thus regulating baby farming and wet nursing and trying to stamp out infanticide Local authorities were also granted powers to keep poor children out of the poorhouse workhouse and protect them from abuse The act also prohibited children under the age of 16 working in dangerous trades purchasing cigarettes entering brothels or the bars of trading pubs Additionally it prohibited the consumption of alcohol for non medicinal purposes before the age of five The act also prohibited children from learning criminal tricks of the trade in adult prisons where children were often sent to serve time if a crime had been committed Instead the Children s Charter had allocated Borstals It eventually led to many councils setting up social services and orphanages References edit 1908 Children s Act was created to protect the poorest children in society from abuse Intriguing History 12 January 2012 Retrieved 14 June 2015 External links edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Children Act 1908 amp oldid 1218554063, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
