Protection of Children Act 1978 (c. 37) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that criminalized indecent photographs of children. The act...
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Protection of, Children Act 1889 The Protection of Children Act 1978 The Protection of Children (Tobacco) Act 1986 The Protection of Children Act 1999 The Protection...
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by the Protection of Children Act 1978 ("the 1978 Act"), which made it illegal to take, make, distribute, show, or possess for the intent of showing...
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illegal" under the Protection of Children Act 1978, effectively classifying the website as child pornography. This resulted in much of the UK being prevented...
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United Kingdom. Section 45(2) changed the definition of "child" in the Protection of Children Act 1978 (which applies to child pornography) from a person...
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(Control) Act 1981 Offences under section 1(1) of the Protection of Children Act 1978 Offences under section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 Offences...
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this shot is considered to be in breach of the Protection of Children Act 1978. The 2002 UK DVD required 1:15 of cuts for the baptism scene; a new title...
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The Protection of Children Act 1978 prohibited distribution and possession of indecent images of people under the age of sixteen so the issue of potential...
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Ian Watkins (Lostprophets singer) (category Alumni of the University of Wales, Newport)
and misconduct with children was reported as early as 2008 to South Wales Police, though the authorities repeatedly failed to act upon any leads linking...
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Rolf Harris (category Australian children's entertainers)
pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. The four counts of making indecent images were related to the Protection of Children Act 1978, which interprets viewing...
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R v Bowden (category Court of Appeal (England and Wales) cases)
Cambridge on 12 counts of making indecent photography of a child contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Protection of Children Act 1978. Before amended by the...
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peer-to-peer network. Venables faced two charges under the Protection of Children Act 1978. On 23 July, Venables appeared at a court hearing at the Old...
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Jimmy Savile (category English children's television presenters)
shows Top of the Pops, a pop music programme, and the popular children's programme, Jim'll Fix It. After his death, hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse...
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Gary Glitter (category Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected biographies of living people)
arrested after a technician discovered pornographic images of children on the hard drive of a laptop that he had taken to a computer retailer in Bristol...
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Linsey Dawn McKenzie (category 1978 births)
Wales was 16, as set by the Protection of Children Act 1978. This minimum age was later raised to 18 by the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which went into effect...
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Cyril Townsend (category Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst)
member of the Select Committee on Violence in the Family, and, concerned about child sex abuse, was the sponsor of the Protection of Children Act 1978, which...
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during points of the trial. The report stated that Campbell "continued to experience thoughts of killing and having sex with children and having sex...
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Jonathan King (category Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge)
of the Pops, BBC, 1965. For number three, Melody Maker, 21 August 1965, cited in King, 65 My Life So Far, ch. 9. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of...
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which is deemed in breach or potential breach of current interpretation of the Protection of Children Act 1978. Roleplay where one participant plays a child...
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died the previous year, had sexually abused hundreds of people throughout his life, mostly children but some as old as 75, and mostly female. He had been...
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1998, since the Protection of Children Act 1978 permitted the distribution and possession of indecent images of people over the age of 16; however, the...
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and Immigration Act 2008. Imprisonment for public protection was abolished by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, although...
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Mary Whitehouse (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
passage of the Protection of Children Act 1978, the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981, which concerned sex shops, and the Video Recordings Act 1984,...
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Huw Edwards (category Alumni of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
April 2024. In July, he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children by receiving them during online chats. On 16 September,...
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Telford child sexual exploitation scandal (category British people convicted of child sexual abuse)
victims are seen as victims and we are absolutely dedicated to the protection of children," he told reporters. "There was not the cohesion that there is today...
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Cyril Smith (category Members of the Order of the British Empire)
evidence, Smith's rapid release within hours, and the invocation of the Official Secrets Act to prevent the investigating officers from discussing the matter...
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Cleveland child abuse scandal (category Children's rights in England)
paediatricians involved were criticized. In 1991, the Children Act was implemented, in part as a result of the scandal and the ensuing report. In 1997, a controversial...
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Sexual Offences Act 2003, s 47 The Sexual Offences Act 2003, ss 48 to 50 The Protection of Children Act 1978, s 1; the Criminal Justice Act 1988, s 160 The...
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Films (Animals) Act 1937 [which forbids the depiction of animals being abused or in distress] and the Protection of Children Act 1978 [which, as amended...
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Stuart Hall (presenter) (category English children's television presenters)
reporting on BBC Radio. In June 2013, he was convicted of multiple sexual offences against children, effectively ending his media and broadcasting career...
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