AI-assisted research summary: This Law amends the Children (Jersey) Law 2002 and the Education (Jersey) Law 1999, abolishes the defence of reasonable corporal punishment, and sets commencement 7 days after registration.
Children and Education (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2020 Contents Article 1 Children (Jersey) Law 2002 amended . 3 2 Article 35 (causing harm to or neglecting children under 16) amended . 3 3 Article 79 (limitation of defence of reasonable corporal punishment) substituted 3 4 Education (Jersey) Law 1999 amended . 4 5 Citation and commencement . 4 Endnotes 5 Table of Endnote References . 5 Children and Education (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2020 A LAW to amend the Children (Jersey) Law 2002 and Education (Jersey) Law 1999. Adopted by the States 10th December 2019 Sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council 3rd April 2020 Registered by the Royal Court 17th April 2020 Coming into force 24th April 2020 THE STATES , subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law – 1 Children (Jersey) Law 2002 amended The Children (Jersey) Law 2002 [1] is amended in accordance with Articles 2 and 3. 2 Article 35 (causing harm to or neglecting children under 16) amended In Article 35, paragraph (5) is deleted. 3 Article 79 (limitation of defence of reasonable corporal punishment) substituted For Article 79 there is substituted – “79 Abolition of defence of reasonable corporal punishment (1) Any defence of reasonable corporal punishment of a child under customary law is abolished. (2) Accordingly, corporal punishment of a child cannot be justified in any civil or criminal proceedings on the grounds that it constituted, for the purposes of any rule of customary law – (a) reasonable punishment; or (b) acceptable conduct. (3) In this Article, “corporal punishment” means, in relation to a child, administering a physical act on the person of a child for the purpose of punishing that child (whether or not there are other reasons for administering the act) which would constitute assault.”. 4 Education (Jersey) Law 1999 amended In Article 36A (power of members of staff to use reasonable force) of the Education (Jersey) Law 1999 [2] , for paragraph (6) there is substituted – “(6) In paragraph (5), the reference to giving corporal punishment to a child is to administering a physical act on the person of a child, for the purpose of punishing that child (whether or not there are other reasons for administering the act) which would constitute assault.”. 5 Citation and commencement This Law may be cited as the Children and Education (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2020 and comes into force 7 days after the day on which it is registered. l.-m. hart Deputy Greffier of the States Endnotes Table of Endnote Reference s [1] chapter 12.200 [2] chapter 10.800