Information for Workers

Key Safeguarding Legislation

The core legislation underpinning the work of the LSCB is the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004, which provide a comprehensive framework for the care and protection of children whilst reflecting the principles of the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Children's Act 1989  HMSO, London, 1989

Children's Act 2004  HMSO, London, 2004

Children and Young Persons Bill ,2007

European Convention of Human Rights Rome , 1950

Rights of the Child United Nations , 1989

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Act)
ISA Factsheet on the Act – this provides an excellent overview of the Act
Range of additional fact sheets related to the act, to vetting and barring and to the employer’s duty to refer