Amendments to the legislation: 1989-2009

Doughty, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2281-7463 2010. Amendments to the legislation: 1989-2009. Journal of Children's Services 5 (2) , pp. 7-16. 10.5042/jcs.2010.0297

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Abstract

This review sets out the legislative amendments that have been made to the Children Act 1989 since it was implemented in 1991. It highlights the most significant changes to the original wording of the Act, with brief summaries of the relevant background and references to comment by leading figures in law and social work. The review follows the structure of the Act, beginning with the welfare principle and covering: private law provisions; local authority duties to children in need; care orders; and child protection. It is concluded that the majority of the amendments have arisen through increased recognition of the impact of domestic violence on children, campaigning by the fathers' rights movements and the economic pressures on local authorities that have prevented the provision of adequate services to children in need.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law
Subjects:	K Law > KD England and Wales
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Children Act 1989, Child protection, Children in need, Domestic violence, Legislative amendments, Private law provisions, The welfare principle
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN:	1746-6660
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 14:24
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/17397

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