Spanking children is now officially illegal in Scotland. The law, which was passed last year by the Scottish parliament, entered into force this Saturday, November 7. Thus, Scotland becomes the first country in the UK to ban punishment.
Now spanking, like other physical attacks, will be treated as a crime of aggression.
Before this law, spanking children could be justified in Scotland as “reasonable punishment” or “justifiable aggression”. A judge decided, depending on each case. Usually, punishment could be used to hit the children’s bodies, as long as it wasn’t on the head or they used an object to hit them.
Now, any kind of aggression will be seen as illegal. All physical punishment in schools and other educational settings has now been completely banned. Even so, in the rest of the United Kingdom, it will remain legal to spank children, although this permission does not, under any circumstances, justify physical assaults, causing injuries, bruises or posing any threat to physical integrity.
“I am delighted that Scotland has become the first region in the UK to legislate to ensure that children, without exception, have the same protection from aggression as adults,” said Youth Minister Maree Todd.
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