The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 1951
In consequence of the replacement of the poor law by provisions of the National Assistance Act, 1948, and the Children Act, 1948, the regulations adapt the Merchant Shipping Acts so as to make them applicable in relation to the provision of services under the National Assistance Act, 1948, or the Children Act, 1948.
In further consequence of that replacement, the regulations adapt the Children and Young Persons Acts so as to enable offences by parents to continue to be prosecuted, and to enab...