Crear
Creates a legal duty to report child protection concerns
Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015
Data Protection Act 2018
Requires schools to report concerns about possible radicalisation
Extended definition of significant harm to include witnessing domestic abuse
Social Services and Wellbeing Act (Wales) 2014
Made it illegal to distribute indecent images of a minor
Children Act 1989
Duty to promote understanding about the effects of domestic abuse and sexual violence in the curriculum.
Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003
Public Interest Discloser Act 1998
Children Act 2004
Serious Crime Act 2015
Made it a duty to cooperate and to share information where there are child protection concerns
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989
Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015
Introduced the principle that the welfare of the child is paramount when courts are making decisions
Children have the right to be consulted when adults are making decisions about them and to have these views taken into account.
Adoption and Children Act 2002
Protects whistleblowers from victimisation from their employers after they have made a qualifying disclosure
Created the Disclosure and Barring Service by combining Criminal Records Bureau and Independent Safeguarding Authority
Made it illegal to procure the performance of FGM outside the UK on a UK resident.
Education Act 2002
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
Data on people you work with must be used fairly and lawfully
Made it compulsory to have a designated person for child protection and designated governor for child protection
Sexual Offences Act 2003
Created a mandatory duty to refer to Police any girl under 18 who discloses she has had FGM or that they become aware that she has had FGM