{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-act-2026/section-22",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/21",
  "legislation_title": "Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-act-2026",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Ill-treatment or wilful neglect of children",
  "text": "(1) The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 20 (ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care worker offence)—\n(a) in subsection (3)—\n(i) omit “or” after paragraph (a);\n(ii) after paragraph (b) insert\n“or\n(c) care or support for a child aged 16 or 17 at a regulated establishment,”;\n(b) after subsection (6) insert—\n“(6A) “Regulated establishment” means—\n(a) a children’s home in England as defined by section 1 of the Care Standards Act 2000;\n(b) a residential family centre in England as defined by section 4 of that Act;\n(c) an establishment in England providing accommodation in respect of which requirements under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 are applied by virtue of regulations under section 42 of that Act (power to extend application of Part 2 of that Act);\n(d) youth detention accommodation in England as defined by section 248(1) of the Sentencing Act 2020;\n(e) a place in Wales at which a care home service or a residential family centre service, as defined by Schedule 1 to the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2), is provided;\n(f) a place in Wales at which accommodation is provided to disabled children and which is notified to the Welsh Ministers in accordance with regulations under section 2 of that Act;\n(g) youth detention accommodation in Wales as defined by section 188(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4).”;\n(c) in subsection (7) after “social care” insert “, or care or support at a regulated establishment,”.\n(3) In section 21 (ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care provider offence)—\n(a) in subsection (2)(a), for the words after “the provision of” to the end substitute “regulated care, or”;\n(b) after subsection (2) insert—\n“(2A) “Regulated care” means—\n(a) health care for an adult or child, other than excluded health care,\n(b) social care for an adult, or\n(c) care or support for a child provided at a regulated establishment.”;\n(c) in subsection (3)—\n(i) in paragraph (b) for “health care or social care as part of health care or social care” substitute “regulated care as part of such care”;\n(ii) in the words after that paragraph for “health care or social care”, at both places where those words appear, substitute “regulated care”;\n(d) in subsection (4) for “health care or social care” substitute “regulated care”;\n(e) in subsection (7)(a), for “health care or social care” substitute “regulated care”;\n(f) in subsection (8), for “health care or social care” substitute “regulated care”;\n(g) in subsection (9), in the second definition, after ““health care”” insert “, “regulated establishment””.\n(4) In section 25 (care provider offence: liability for ancillary and other offences)—\n(a) in subsection (4)—\n(i) omit “or” after paragraph (a);\n(ii) after paragraph (b) insert\n“, or\n(c) the provision of care or support for a child at a regulated establishment.”;\n(b) in subsection (5), in the second definition—\n(i) before ““health care”” insert ““child”,”;\n(ii) after ““health care”” insert “, “regulated establishment””.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 22 in force at 29.6.2026, see s. 78(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:41:24.363118+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."
}