In the UK parents are allowed to smack their children if it constitutes reasonable chastisement and does not leave a serious mark but experts continue to.

Is it illegal to smack uk. New legislation which would ban adults from being able to smack their children has been introduced in Wales. Physical punishment of children illegal in all settings. Wales Assembly Members have passed a law which will make smacking a child illegal.

In the UK it is illegal for a parent or carer to smack their own child except where it amounts to reasonable punishment according to section 58 of the Children Act 2004. Sometimes necessary to smack a naughty child. Backers of the bill rallied outside Holyrood on the morning of the vote Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children.

A crime to smack your own child by MATTHEW HICKLEY Daily Mail Smacking children under three is set to be outlawed it emerged yesterday. There is a degree of misunderstanding over new smacking legislation research for the Welsh Government has found. Smacking is actually illegal unless the parent can prove that doing so amounted to reasonable punishment.

New laws will also make it illegal for parents to hit. The UK was among those with a partial ban. The Welsh Government wants to remove.

It is legal for a parent or carer to smack their own child in the England Wales and Northern Ireland when it amounts to reasonable punishment as laid down in section 58 of the Children Act. The law was passed last year during a vote by Scottish MPs but comes into effect. Last week Welsh parliament passed legislation to make it illegal to smack children.

Under the compromise amendment to the Children Bill agreed by peers smacking is outlawed in England and Wales if it causes harm such as bruising or mental harm. Sweden became the first country in the world to ban smacking in the home in 1979 when it outlawed corporal punishment. The change to the law removes the defence of reasonable chastisement dating back to 1860 which meant British parents could use a degree of force to discipline their children.