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Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited in Related
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JurisdictionWales
Citation2020 anaw 3
(1) The common law defence of reasonable punishment is abolished in relation to corporal punishment of a child taking place in Wales.(2) Accordingly, corporal punishment of a child taking place in Wales cannot be justified in any civil or criminal proceedings on the ground that it constituted reasonable punishment.(3) Nor can corporal punishment of a child taking place in Wales be justified in any civil or criminal proceedings on the ground that it constituted acceptable conduct for the purposes of any other rule of the common law.(4) For the purposes of this section, “corporal punishment” means any battery carried out as a punishment.in subsection (1) , after “battery of a child” insert “ taking place in England ”,in subsection (3) , after “Battery of a child” insert “ taking place in England ”, andthe heading becomes “ Reasonable punishment: England ”.
  • The Welsh Ministers must take steps before the coming into force of section 1 to promote public awareness of the changes to the law to be made by that section.
    • (1) The Welsh Ministers must prepare two reports on the effect of the changes to the law made by section 1.(2) The first report must be prepared as soon as practicable after the expiry of the period of 3 years beginning with the coming into force of section 1.(3) The second report must be

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