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Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 1952 (repealed 5.11.1993) 1952 c.50
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Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 1952 (repealed 5.11.1993)
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Contents: 9 provisions
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- 8 Exposing children under twelve to risk of burning.
- 9 Consequential amendments of enactments.
- 10 Interpretation.
- 11 Short title, citation, extent and commencement.
- SCHEDULE Consequential Amendments of Enactments
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Propose a change8 Exposing children under twelve to risk of burning.
Section eleven of the principal Act shall be amended as follows:— (a) by the substitution of the word “ twelve ” for the word “seven”; and (b) by inserting after the words “fire grate” the words “ or any heating appliance liable to cause injury to a person by contact therewith ”.
Propose a change9 Consequential amendments of enactments.
The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments respectively specified in that Schedule, being amendments consequential on the foregoing provisions of this Act.
Propose a change10 Interpretation.
(1) In this Act the expression “the principal Act” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. (2) Save in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment, including this Act. (3) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, this Act shall be construed as one with the Children and Young Persons Acts 1933 and 1938.
Propose a change11 Short title, citation, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 1952, and this Act and the Children and Young Persons Acts 1933 and 1938, may be cited together as the Children and Young Persons Acts 1933 to 1952. (2) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland. (3) This Act shall come into operation on the first day of October, nineteen hundred and fifty-two.
Propose a changeSCHEDULE Consequential Amendments of Enactments
The children and Young Persons Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12) 1 In section eleven— (a) the word “twelve” shall be substituted for the word “ seven ”; and (b) after the words “fire grate” there shall be inserted the words “ or any heating appliance liable to cause injury to a person by contact therewith ”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11—16
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