Its intended effect, together with an awareness-raising campaign and support for parents, is to bring about a further reduction in the use and tolerance of physical punishment of children in Wales.
Effaith fwriadedig y Ddeddf, ynghyd ag ymgyrch codi ymwybyddiaeth a chymorth i rieni, yw lleihau'r defnydd o gosbi plant yn gorfforol ymhellach, a'r graddau y caiff hyn ei oddef, yng Nghymru.