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DANGEROUS PERFORMANCES ACT 1897
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CHAPTER LII.
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An Act to extend the Age under which the Employment of Young Persons in dangerous Performances is prohibited.[2]
[6th August 1897.]
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Extension to young persons of 42 & 43 Vict. c. 34.
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1. The Children’s Dangerous Performances Act, 1879, shall apply in the case of any male young person under the age of sixteen years, and any female young person under the age of eighteen years, in like manner as it applies in the case of a child under the age of fourteen years.
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Restriction on prosecutions.
53 & 54 Vict. c. 45.
53 & 54 Vict. c. 67.
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2.—(1) Except where an accident causing actual bodily harm occurs to any child or young person, no prosecution or other proceeding shall be instituted for an offence against the Children’s Dangerous Performances Act, 1879, as amended by this Act, without the consent in writing of the chief officer of police of the police area in which the offence is committed.
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(2) For the purposes of this section the expression “chief officer of police”—
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(a) with respect to any place in England other than the City of London, has the meaning assigned to it by the Police Act, 1890;
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(b) with respect to the City of London, means the Commissioners of City Police;
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(c) with respect to Scotland, has the meaning assigned to it by the Police (Scotland) Act, 1890;
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(d) with respect to Ireland, means in the police district of Dublin metropolis either of the Commissioners of Police for that district, and elsewhere the district inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary.
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Short title.
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3. This Act may be cited as the Dangerous Performances Act, 1897, and the Children’s Dangerous Performances Act, 1879, and this Act may be cited together as the Dangerous Performances Acts, 1879 and 1897.
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[2 As to procedure against offenders under this Act, and provisions for safety of children, see 8 Edw. 7 c. 67, s. 19, et seq., Sched. 1.] |
