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The Protection of Children Act 1999: A practical guide to the Act for all organisations working with children
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Document type:Guidance
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:6 October 2006
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Primary audience:Professionals
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Gateway reference:2000
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Pages:8
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Copyright holder:Crown Copyright
The Protection of Children Act is an important first step towards the Government's aim of establishing a framework of a coherent cross-sector scheme for identifying those people considered to be unsuitable to work with children. This guidance reflects a number of changes that were made to the Protection of Children Act 1999 by the Care Standards Act 2000.
The Protection of Children Act is now the responsibility of the Department for Education and Skills and the publication can be found at:
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