# குழந்தைகளின் பாதுகாப்பு

## வரலாறு

#### தற்போதைய சட்டங்களிலும்

| Alcohol | Licensing Act 2003  
Children and Young Persons Act 1933 | * It is illegal to sell, serve or offer alcoholic drinks to anyone under the age of 18.
* It is illegal to sell or offer liqueur confectionery to anyone under the age of 16.
* It is illegal to serve beer, wine or cider on licensed premises to anyone under the age of 16; 16- and 17-year-olds may be served if an adult orders with a meal (not needed in Scotland).
* It is illegal to give alcohol to children under the age of 5 years on private premises. |  |
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| Tobacco | The Children and Young Persons (Sale of Tobacco etc.) Order 2007  
Children and Young Persons Act 1933  
(Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010)  
Tobacco Retailers Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 | * It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18. (previously 16 before 2007)
* It is illegal to permit anyone under the age of 18 to smoke in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
* It is illegal to permit anyone under the age of 16 to smoke in England and Wales. |  |
| Gambling | Gambling Act 2005  
National Lottery Regulations 1994 | * It is illegal to permit anyone under the age of 18 to enter a casino or licensed gambling premises, and to permit them to gamble.
* It is illegal to sell scratch cards or lottery tickets to anyone under the age of 16. |  |
| Child employment | Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (England)  
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 | * To start part-time work one must be at least 13 years of age.
* Children can work a maximum 40 hours per week, if they have reached the minimum school leaving age.
* To work full-time one must be at least 16 years of age.
* Some hazardous or high risk work requires a person to be 18 or over, (working as a police officer or a firefighter for example) and in some cases 21 and over (working as a driving instructor or large HGV driver for example) |  |
| Fireworks | Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2010  
Fireworks Regulations 2004 | * It is illegal to sell or possess adult fireworks (category 2 and 3) under the age of 18.
* It is illegal to sell or possess fireworks (category 1) under the age of 16.
* It is illegal to sell or possess "Christmas crackers" under the age of 12. |  |
| Video games and films | Video Recordings Acts of 1984 and 2010 | * It is illegal to sell, rent or permit to see a movie to anyone under the approved age restriction.  
Films, as of 2015 the age ratings currently include,  
* **U** (Universal, recommended for all ages)
* **PG** (Parental Guidance, recommended for all ages, although some content may be unsuitable for younger children, typically under the age of 8)
* **12 and over** (only suitable for persons 12 and over)
* **12A** (only suitable for persons 12 and over, although a person under 12 may view a 12A in a cinema if accompanied by a person 18 or over. This is a special rating only used in cinema's and does not include films bought from a shop for example)
* **15** (only suitable for persons aged 15 or over)
* **18** (only suitable for persons aged 18 or over)
* **18R** (only suitable for person aged 18 over. This is a special rating used only for the sale and viewing of pornography in licensed sex shops).
* It is illegal to sell or rent films to anyone under the approved age restriction.
(**U** and **PG** ratings are unrestricted)  
Video games, as of 2015 the age ratings currently include,  
* **PEGI 3** (only suitable for persons aged 3 or over)
* **PEGI 7** (only suitable for persons aged 7 or over)
* **PEGI 12** (only suitable for persons aged 12 or over)
* **PEGI 16** (only suitable for persons aged 16 or over)
* **PEGI 18** (only suitable for persons aged 18 or over)
* It is illegal to sell or rent video games to anyone under the approved age restriction.
(**PEGI 3** and **PEGI 7** are unrestricted) |  |
| Aerosol spray paint | Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 | It is illegal to sell aerosol spray paint to anyone under the age of 16. |  |
| Cruelty to persons under sixteen | Children and Young Persons Act 1933 | It is illegal to anyone 16 or over who has responsibility for any child or young person under that age to: wilfully assaults, ill-treats, neglects, abandons, or exposes him, or causes or procures him to be assaulted, ill-treated, neglected, abandoned, or exposed, in a manner likely to cause him unnecessary suffering or injury to health (including injury to or loss of sight, or hearing, or limb, or organ of the body, and any mental derangement). |  |
| Causing or allowing persons under sixteen to be used for begging | Children and Young Persons Act 1933 | It is illegal to let anyone beg in public places under the age of 16. |  |
| Sexual abuse | Sexual Offences Act 2003  
Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 | The age of sexual consent is 16 in the whole of the UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This also includes all Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territory's. However, it is illegal for someone in a position of trust to have sex with anyone under the age of 18. A person in a position or trust includes a person such as a teacher, doctor, etc. It is illegal to possess indecent or pornographic still/moving images of a person under 18 (previously under 16 before the sexual offences act 2003 raised the age to 18) | } |