The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo.5 c.12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It consolidated all existing child protection legislation for England and Wales into one act.
It was passed a year after the Children and Young Persons Act 1932 broadened the powers of juvenile courts and introduced supervision orders for children at risk.
The 1933 Act raised the minimum age for execution to 18, raised the age of criminal responsibility from 7 to 8, included guidelines on the employment of school-age children, set a minimum working age of 14 and made it illegal for children to buy cigarettes and tobacco.
Some of these laws concerning the employment of children are still used today.
Cruelty to persons under sixteen
This offence is created by section 1 of the Act. It can be committed by assault, ill-treatment, neglect, abandonment or exposure. The maximum penalty is imprisonment for 10 years. This section was repealed by the Children Act 1989
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