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Physical force no longer permitted
By James Tweed,
Nursery World,
6 November 2003
Parents in Scotland are no longer legally permitted to use certain types of physical force to punish their children. Section 51 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, which became law on 27 October, has made it illegal for parents to punish children by shaking them, hitting them on the head, using a belt, cane, slipper, wooden spoon or other implement.
Parents in Scotland are no longer legally permitted to use certain types of physical force to punish their children. Section 51 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, which became law on 27 October, has made it illegal for...
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