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| Long title | An Act to make provision for the establishment of a Children's Commissioner; to make provision about services provided to and for children and young people by local authorities and other persons; to make provision in relation to Wales about advisory and support services relating to family proceedings; to make provision about private fostering, child minding and day care, adoption review panels, the defence of reasonable punishment, the making of grants as respects children and families, child safety orders, the Children's Commissioner for Wales, the publication of material relating to children involved in certain legal proceedings and the disclosure by the Inland Revenue of information relating to children. |
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| Citation | 2004 c. 31 |
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| Royal assent | 15 November 2004 |
Status: Current legislation | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Children Act 2004 (c. 31) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[a]
The Act amended the Children Act 1989, largely in consequence of the Victoria Climbié inquiry.[1][2]
The Act is now the basis for most official administration that is considered helpful to children, notably bringing all local government functions of children's welfare and education under the statutory authority of local Directors of Children's Services. The Act also created the ContactPoint database; this, however, has since been axed.
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- ^ Victoria Climbie Inquiry - The Victoria Climbie Inquiry Home Page
- ^ "A-Z of legislation: Children Act 2004". the Guardian. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2021.