PART 1Domestic abuse: offence and aggravation
CHAPTER 3Miscellaneous provision
Definitions for child cruelty offence
I121Meaning of ill-treatment etc. in offence provision
In section 20 (cruelty to persons under 16) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968—
a
in subsection (1), the words from “(including” to “derangement)” are repealed,
b
before paragraph (a) of subsection (2) insert—
za
a reference to—
i
ill-treatment is to ill-treatment whether physical or otherwise;
ii
suffering or injury is to suffering or injury whether physical or otherwise;