{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-scotland-act-1937/section-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-scotland-act-1937/section-34.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/37",
  "legislation_title": "Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-scotland-act-1937",
  "path": "section/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Restrictions on training for performances of a dangerous nature.",
  "text": "(1) No childunder the age of twelve years shall be trained to take part in performances of a dangerous nature, and no child who has attained that ageshall be trained to take part in such performances except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence granted and in force under this section; and every person who causes or procures a person, or being his parent or guardian allows him, to be trained to take part in performances of a dangerous nature in contravention of this section, shall be lible on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(2) An education authority may grant a licence for a child who has attained the age of twelve yearsto be trained to take part in performances of a dangerous nature.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) A licence under this section shall specifiy the place or places at which the person is to be trained and shall embody such conditions as are, in the opinion of the authority, necessary for his protection, but a licence shall not be refused if the authority are satisfied that the person is fit and willing to be trained and that proper provision has been made to secure his health and kind treatment.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word substituted by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 3 para. 12(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 3 para. 12(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289E–289G"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 10(2), Sch. 3 para. 12(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Ss. 32, 34(3)(5), 38(1)(2)(7) repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 64, Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 34 amended by Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 41(2)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/37/section/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:22.741659+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}