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C1Pt. III (except s. 56) amended (E.W.) by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), s. 2(1), Sch. 1
(1)This Act may be cited as the Children and Young Persons Act 1963.
(2)This Act and the Children and Young Persons Acts 1933 to 1956 may be cited as the Children and Young Persons Acts 1933 to 1963, and this Act and the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Acts 1937 and 1956 may be cited as the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Acts 1937 to 1963.
(3)This Act, except in so far as it amends any Act not construed as one with the principal Act or the principal Scottish Act, shall be construed, in its application to England and Wales, as one with the principal Act and, in its application to Scotland, as one with the principal Scottish Act.
(4)The following provisions of this Act do not extend to Scotland, that is to say, Part I except sections 1, 10 and 32, sections 56 and 61, and Schedules 1 and 2 and Schedule 4 except paragraph 3.
(5)F1 sections 42 . . . F1 of this Act, paragraphs 7, 8, . . . F1 and 50 of Schedule 3, and so much of Schedule 5 as relates to section 25 and section 26 of the principal Act, extend to Northern Ireland.
(6)This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes; and any reference in any provision of this Act to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the time at which that provision comes into operation.
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F1Words repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6
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C2Power of appointment conferred by s. 65(6) fully exercised: S.I. 1963/1561, 2056, 1968/1727