Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children) Regulations, 1914 : (provisional regulations under Section 2(2) of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913) / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty.

  • Great Britain. Board of Education.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children) Regulations, 1914 : (provisional regulations under Section 2(2) of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913) / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    MENTAL DEFICIENCY (NOTIFICATION OF CHILDREN) REGULATIONS, 1914. (Provisional Regulations under Section 2 (2) of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913.) The Board of Education, by virtue and in pursuance of the powers iu them vested under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, and of every other power enabling them in this behalf, do order, and it is hereby ordered, that the following Regulations be observed :— 1. The School Medical Officer of the Local Education Authority and such other duly qualified medical practitioners approved by the Board of Education under the Elementary Education (Defective and Epileptic Children) Act, 1899, as the Local Education Authority may nominate for that purpose, hereinafter called Certifying Officers, shall be the Medical Officers for the purpose of these Regulations. 2. If the Certifying Officer certifies that a child of the age of seven years or upwards is incapable, by reason of mental defect, of receiving benefit from instruction in a special school or class under the Elementary Education (Defective and Epileptic Children) Act, 1899, the Local Education Authority shall notify the name and address- of the child to the Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, and shall furnish that Authority with a copy of the certificate of the Certifying Officer, which shall be in the prescribed form, and of his report on the child. In any case where it is proposed to notify under this Article of these Regulations the name and address of a child who is not an idiot or an imbecile, the Local Education Authority shall, if required by the Board of Education, before notifying the name of the child refer to the Board of Education for determination the question whether the name should be notified. 3. If the Certifying Officer certifies that a child of the age of seven years or upwards who is, or has been, in attendance at a special school or class under the Elementary Education (Defective and Epileptic Children) Act, 1899, is incapable of receiving further benefit from instruction in such a school or class, the Local Education Authority shall notify the name and address of the child to the Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, and shall furnish that Authority with a copy of the certificate of the Certifying Officer, which shall be in the prescribed form, and of his report on the child. In any case where it is proposed to notify under this Article of these Regulations the name and address of a child who x (11)20034 Wt 31104—G 1905« 3000 3/14