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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    is not an idiot or an imbecile, tbe 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. 4. If the Certifying Officer certifies that a child of the age of seven years or upwards cannot be instructed in a special school or class under the Elementary Education (Defective and Epileptic Children) Act, 1899, without detriment to the interests of the other children, the Local Education Authority shall notify the name and address of the child to the Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1918, 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 a moral 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. 5. If the Local Education Authority are satisfied upon any representation made to them or otherwise that it is desirable that a mentally defective child of the age of seven years or upwards who is certified to be capable of receiving benefit from instruction in a special school or class under the Elementary Education (Defective and Epileptic Children) Act, 1899, should be dealt with by way of supervision or guardianship under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, they shall notify the case to the Board of Education, together with such particulars as the Board of Education may require, and if the Board certify that there are special circumstances which render it desirable that the child should be dealt with imder the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, by way of supervision or guardianship, the Local Education Authority shall notify the name and address of the child to the Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913. 6. The Local Education Authority shall notify to the Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, the name and address of any mentally defective child who, on or before attain- ing the age of sixteen, is about to be withdrawn or discharged from a special school or class under the Elementary Education (Defective and Epileptic Children) Act, 1899, and in whose case the Local Education Authority are of opinion that it would be to his benefit that he should be sent to an institution or placed under guardianship under the Mental Deficiency Act. 1913. 7. If in any case falling under Article 2, 3 or 4 of these Regulations, the Local Education Authority, notwithstanding the certificate of the Certifying Officer, are of opinion after due enquiry that the name of the child should not be notified to the