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{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Children Act (with its variations) is a stock
short title In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster system, Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title an ...
used for the
legislation Legislation is the process or result of enrolling, enacting, or promulgating laws by a legislature, parliament, or analogous governing body. Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a bill, and may be broadly referred ...
in
Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
and the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
that relates to
children A child () is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human body, developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking ...
. The Bill for an Act with this short title will usually have been known as a Children Bill during its passage through
Parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
. Children Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to children.


List


Ireland

*The Children Act 2001


Malaysia

*The Children and Young Persons Act 1947 *The Children and Young Persons (Employment) Act 1966 *The
Child Act 2001 The Child Act 2001 () is a Malaysian law which served to consolidate the Juvenile Courts Act 1947 ct 90 the Women and Girls Protection Act 1973 ct 106 and the Child Protection Act 1991 ct 468 It was enacted partially in order to fulfil Mal ...


United Kingdom

*The
Children Act 1908 The Children Act 1908 ( 8 Edw. 7. c. 67), also known as the Children and Young Persons Act 1908, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Liberal government, as part of the British Liberal Party's liberal reforms pac ...
*The
Children Act 1948 The Children Act 1948 ( 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 43) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that established a comprehensive childcare Child care, also known as day care, is the care and supervision of one or more children, typically rang ...
*The Children Act 1958 *The Children Act 1972 *The Children Act 1975 *The
Children Act 1989 The Children Act 1989 (c. 41) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that received royal assent on 16 November 1989 and came into substantial force across all three jurisdictions of the United Kingdom on 14 October 1991. In 1995, for the p ...
*The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 *The
Children Act 2004 The Children Act 2004 (c. 31) is an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act amended the Children Act 1989, largely in consequence of the Murder of Victoria Climbié, Victoria Climbié inquir ...
*The Children and Adoption Act 2006 *The Children, Schools and Families Act 2010 *The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 *The
Children and Families Act 2014 A child () is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking countries, the legal definition of ''child ...
*The Children and Social Work Act 2017


Northern Ireland

*The Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002


Scotland

*The
Children (Scotland) Act 1995 A child () is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking countries, the legal definition of ''child ...
*The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 *The Children (Scotland) Act 2020 *The Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024


Wales

*The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010


See also

* The Children Act, a novel by Ian McEwan * The Children Act, a film by Richard Eyre based on the novel *
List of short titles This is a list of stock short titles that are used for legislation in one or more of the countries where short titles are used. It is also a list of articles that list or discuss legislation by short title or subject. * Access to Information and P ...
Lists of legislation by short title