Children Act 1989
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The Children Act 1989 is a key piece of UK legislation that sets out the framework for the care, protection, and welfare of children, emphasizing their best interests and parental responsibilities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Children Act 1989 canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5403330 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Children Act 1989 Context triple: [Children Act 2004, amends, Children Act 1989]
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A.
Children Act 2004
The Children Act 2004 is a key piece of UK legislation that reformed children’s services and safeguarding arrangements in England, promoting inter-agency cooperation and the welfare of children.
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B.
Children Act 1908
The Children Act 1908 was a landmark British law that established comprehensive protections and welfare provisions for children, including reforms in juvenile justice and child neglect.
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C.
Children and Social Work Act 2017
The Children and Social Work Act 2017 is a UK law that reforms children’s social care, strengthens safeguarding and corporate parenting duties, and overhauls the regulation and training of social workers.
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D.
Child Benefit Act 1975
The Child Benefit Act 1975 is UK legislation that introduced a unified, tax-free cash benefit for children, replacing earlier family allowance schemes and forming the basis of the modern child benefit system.
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E.
Child Support Act 1991
The Child Support Act 1991 is a UK law that established the modern statutory system for assessing, collecting, and enforcing child maintenance from non-resident parents.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Children Act 1989 Target entity description: The Children Act 1989 is a key piece of UK legislation that sets out the framework for the care, protection, and welfare of children, emphasizing their best interests and parental responsibilities.
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A.
Children Act 2004
The Children Act 2004 is a key piece of UK legislation that reformed children’s services and safeguarding arrangements in England, promoting inter-agency cooperation and the welfare of children.
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B.
Children Act 1908
The Children Act 1908 was a landmark British law that established comprehensive protections and welfare provisions for children, including reforms in juvenile justice and child neglect.
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C.
Children and Social Work Act 2017
The Children and Social Work Act 2017 is a UK law that reforms children’s social care, strengthens safeguarding and corporate parenting duties, and overhauls the regulation and training of social workers.
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D.
Child Benefit Act 1975
The Child Benefit Act 1975 is UK legislation that introduced a unified, tax-free cash benefit for children, replacing earlier family allowance schemes and forming the basis of the modern child benefit system.
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E.
Child Support Act 1991
The Child Support Act 1991 is a UK law that established the modern statutory system for assessing, collecting, and enforcing child maintenance from non-resident parents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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children’s legislation ⓘ |
| amendedBy |
Adoption and Children Act 2002
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Children Act 2004 ⓘ Children and Families Act 2014 ⓘ |
| appliesTo | children under 18 ⓘ |
| citation | 1989 c. 41 ⓘ |
| commencement | 1991-10-14 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| definesConcept |
care order
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child in need ⓘ contact order ⓘ emergency protection order ⓘ looked after child ⓘ parental responsibility ⓘ prohibited steps order ⓘ residence order ⓘ significant harm ⓘ specific issue order ⓘ supervision order ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
best interests of the child
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keeping children within their families where safe ⓘ minimum necessary intervention by the state ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
child protection
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family support ⓘ private law children proceedings ⓘ public law children proceedings ⓘ |
| governs |
care proceedings
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emergency child protection procedures ⓘ local authority duties towards children in need ⓘ local authority duties towards looked after children ⓘ private disputes about children between parents ⓘ supervision proceedings ⓘ |
| imposesDutyOn |
courts in family proceedings
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local authorities ⓘ parents ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | England and Wales ⓘ |
| keyPrinciple |
no order principle
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parental responsibility rather than parental rights ⓘ partnership between parents and local authorities ⓘ the child’s welfare is the court’s paramount consideration ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
English law
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Welsh law ⓘ |
| legislature |
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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linked to:
British Parliament
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| longTitle | An Act to reform the law relating to children; to provide for local authority services for children in need and others; to amend the law with respect to children’s homes, community homes, voluntary homes and voluntary organisations; to make provision with respect to fostering, child minding and day care for young children and adoption; and for connected purposes. ⓘ |
| part |
Part I – Introductory
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Part II – Orders with respect to children in family proceedings ⓘ Part III – Local authority support for children and families ⓘ Part IV – Care and supervision ⓘ Part IX – Private fostering ⓘ Part V – Protection of children ⓘ Part VI – Community homes ⓘ Part VII – Voluntary homes and voluntary organisations ⓘ Part VIII – Child minding and day care for young children ⓘ Part X – Registered children’s homes ⓘ Part XI – Miscellaneous and general ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | welfare of the child ⓘ |
| reformedAreaOfLaw |
child care law
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private family law relating to children ⓘ public child welfare law ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Adoption and Children Act 2002
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Children Act 2004 ⓘ Children and Families Act 2014 ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 1989-11-16 ⓘ |
| section |
Section 1 – Welfare of the child
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Section 17 – Provision of services for children in need ⓘ Section 20 – Provision of accommodation for children ⓘ Section 3 – Parental responsibility ⓘ Section 31 – Care and supervision orders ⓘ Section 44 – Emergency protection orders ⓘ Section 47 – Local authority’s duty to investigate ⓘ Section 8 – Child arrangements and related orders ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Children Act 1989 ⓘ |
| status | in force ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1989 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Children Act 1989 Description of subject: The Children Act 1989 is a key piece of UK legislation that sets out the framework for the care, protection, and welfare of children, emphasizing their best interests and parental responsibilities.
Referenced by (13)
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