The Children Act, 1948, and the Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act, 1948 / edited by A.C.L. Morrison [and others].

  • Great Britain
Date:
1948
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Credit: The Children Act, 1948, and the Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act, 1948 / edited by A.C.L. Morrison [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (c) by a registered adoption society, school, hospital, convalescent home, voluntary home within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, or other similar institution, or an institution, house, or home certified or approved by the [Minister of Health] under the Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913 to 1938, and in which no children under the age of nine years who are not mental defectives within the meaning of those Acts are received ; nor shall the said provisions apply in relation to an adopted child who is a mental defective under care elsewhere than in a certified institution, certified house or approved home, if he is so under care with the consent of the Board of Control under the Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913 to 1938, or if notice with respect to him has been given to the Board in accordance with subsection (2) of section fifty-one of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913. (9) If an adopter or any other person, in connection with any arrangements by virtue of which the provisions of subsections (3) to (7) of this section have effect, gives or agrees to give, or receives or agrees to receive, any remuneration or reward whatsoever, he shall be guilty of an offence. (10) Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section, or who commits an offence under this section, shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or to both such imprisonment and such fine, and the court may order any child in respect of whom the offence was committed to be removed to a place of safety, until he can be returned to his parents or guardian, or until other arrangements can be made with respect to him. (11) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to participate in the making of arrangements for the placing of a child in the care and possession of another person, if he enters into or makes any agreement or arrangement for, or for facilitating, the placing of the child in the care and possession of that other person, or if he initiates or takes part in any negotiations of which the purpose or effect is the conclusion of any agreement or the making of any arrangements therefor, or if he causes another so to do. NOTES The words in square brackets in sub-s. (8) (b) were substituted by the Children Act, 1948, s. 60 and Sched. III, as from July 5, 1948. The words in square brackets in sub-s. (8) (c) were substituted by the National Health Service Act, 1946, s. 76 and Sched. X, Part I (39 Halsbury’s Statutes 570, 589), as from the appointed day, July 1, 1947, see the Naticnal Health Service Act (Appointed Day) Order, 1947, 5. R. & O, 1947 No. 983. * * * * *
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