In section 31 of the 1989 Act (care and supervision orders), at the end of the definition of “harm” in subsection (9) there is inserted .“ including, for example, impairment suffered from seeing or hearing the ill-treatment of another ”
Section 120: Meaning of “harm” in the 1989 Act
Adoption and Children Act 2002 · 2002 c. 38View on legislation.gov.uk
Part 2: Amendments of the Children Act 1989
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