Disclaimer & UK Laws
Important Notice
Due to UK law, only people aged 18 years or over may use the
chat rooms
People over 14 years may use the message boards, but only with
parental consent
The site takes no further responsibility for anyone under the
age of 14 years, or 14 years, using the message boards without parental consent, and this notice is the extent of our responsibility
Anyone found abusing this condition of use, will be permanently
banned from using this site
For entertainment purposes only, readers are responsible for
their reads and not the responsibility of peacefulsouls .uk laws state that readers are now liable to a hefty fine and /or
custodial sentence should they mislead people or give false information, please make sure that readers guidelines are followed
and that you are resonsible for your actions as peacefulsouls cannot be held responsible.
we would also like to state that whilst our beliefs are part
of what peacefulsouls is about, we do not preach, suggest or otherwise to any member on site and that we always look for logical
explanations first, it is up to the individual to beleive what they wish at peacefulsouls.
Whilst the owners of Peacefulsouls take every precaution to
make sure that your site is one of harmony and spirituality, we respectfully point out that people are individual, and have
individual thoughts and ideals. Our staff, readers and healers are aware of our guidelines and code of ethics
(healing), which are freely available on site, and they are expected to conduct themselves accordingly
The owners of Peacefulsouls cannot, and do not, hold themselves
at any time liable or accountable for what may be suggested; predicted; or advice proffered by any of the staff, members or
visitors to the site: everyone has freewill, and so has the right to choose, and we expect everyone to take full responsibility
for their words, actions and deeds
Likewise on the matter of health and/or medical matters or
advice, this should be checked at all times by a qualified medical doctor, before that advice is acted upon. The owners of
Peacefulsouls will not be held responsible if any comments, advice on any medical matter is acted upon before checking with
a qualified medical doctor (see the page covering our healing practices, ethics and code of conduct)
All visitors are expected too make themselves fully aware of
ALL guidelines relating to readings and healing matters that appear on site
Failure to do so removes any or all responsibility from the
owners
THE OWNERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO PERMANENTLY REMOVE AND OR BAN ANY MEMBER WHO IN THEIR OPINION
HAS UNECESSARILY CAUSED DISTRESS TO ANY STAFF OR MEMBER ON SITE OR ACTED IN A MANNER DEEMED AS AN ACT OF GROSS MISCONDUCT
WITHOUT GIVING PRIOR WARNING
All content, dialogue, text and graphics that appear on this
site; or that may be created in any of our Community Chat Rooms, become the sole property of Peacefulsouls, unless otherwise
agreed upon
please note:- at peacefulsouls some conversations,readings,
classes and discussions may be recorded without notice or prior permission for training purposes within site.
UK LAWS -
we are aware that these laws
may differ from usa and other countries, but as we are uk based we are obliged to abide by them and adhere to their content.
Fraudulent mediums act 1959
An
Act to repeal the Witchcraft Act, 1735 and to make, in substitution for certain provisions of section four of the Vagrancy
Act 1824, express provision for the punishment of persons who fraudulently purport to act as spiritualistic mediums or to
exercise powers of telepathy, clairvoyance or other similar powers.
Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:-
Punishment of fraudulent mediums, & co
1.-
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any person who-
(a) with intent to deceive purports to act as a spiritualistic
medium or to exercise any powers of telepathy, clairvoyance or other similar powers, or
(b) in purporting to act as a spiritualistic medium or to exercise
such powers as aforesaid, uses any fraudulent device,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person shall not be convicted of an offence under the
foregoing subsection unless it is proved that he acted for reward; and for the purposes of this section a person shall be
deemed to act for reward if any money is paid, or other valuable thing given, in respect of what he does, whether to him or
to any other person.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall
be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding (the prescribed sum) or to imprisonment for a tern not exceeding four
months or to both such fine and such imprisonment, or on conviction on indictment to a fine... or to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
(4) No proceedings for an offence under this section shall
be, brought in England or Wales except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(5) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall apply to
anything done solely for the purpose of entertainment
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Repeals.
2.-
The following enactments are hereby repealed, that is to say-
9 Geo. 2. c.5 . (a) the Witchcraft Act 1735, so far as still
in force, and
5 Geo. 4. c. 83 (b) section four of the Vagrancy Act 1824 so
far as it extends to persons purporting to act as spiritualistic mediums or to exercise any powers of telepathy, clairvoyance
or other similar powers, or to persons who, in purporting so to act or to exercise such powers, use fraudulent devices.
NEW LAW CHANGES 2008
new law changes in 2008 mean that you can be liable for a hefty
fine and/or prison, it comes under consumer protection regulations,this means that unless you give exactly what you say you
can offer, you can be investigated by trading standards, whose officers can deal with as they see fit, so depending on who
is investigating you as to how they deal with the complaint.
These laws mainly affect those who recieve money for their
reads, but also donations and gifts are included as 'payment'.the new laws also suggest you need to be able to justify what
you are offering, e.g if you offer healing you must be able to give proof of such claim.
lots of people are under the impression they are genuine so
therefore are safe from being investigated and receiving the consequences, this is not true , it only takes one person to
have a misunderstanding or misinterpretation of what you have said to make a complaint against you.
for example: a reading takes place to a wife, the wife decides
from the reading she feels the right way forward is to divorce the husband, the reading is mentioned, so the husband complains
you are acting against the regulations and its affected his marriage- its easily done and you dont even need to know the person
making the complaint!(in this case the husband), it really could land you in all sorts of problems.
the new law also says that mediums/psychics should say they
are for entertainment purposes only so that pople are aware that it can neither be proved or disproved, a lot of petitions
and demonstrations have been held because mediums/psychics beleive they have to state they are not genuinely reading, instead
of telling people the way it is.
the spiritual workers association currently have a E petition
in place to bring in new legislation for genuine mediums/psychics as there is no protection for those who are genuine , their
petition can be found at:http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/spiritualworkers/ and will be entered to downing street
here are a few tips or do's and dont'sto try and protect you
from going against these regulations:-
peacefulsouls do's and don'ts
*Always give the information as you receive it, it is not for
you to understand , it is for the person having the reading to make sense of.
*should the person/sitter not be able to confirm details of
the read under no circumstances force it upon them or bully them,as long as you have said whats given , it for them to work
out what it means , and often things dont make sense until after .
*always try and use the wording given and not adapt it , the
person is meant to understand ,the way it is said will often be how the spirit person would have said it- we all have our
own languages and words we use!
*never on any account predict- this is against the law under
the fraudulent mediums act 1959, paths are always changing so to predict would be wrong and the sitter may perceive it as
gospel.
*children under the age of 18 should not be read, this has
been common for many years now as the child is deemed as vulnerable, you could tell a child something and their path changes,it
doesnt happen and a parent or family member sues you out of concern- its way too risky so dont go there, it could lead from
innocent to really being in trouble as courts will automatically see the child as vulnerable, same goes for those whose mental
capacity isnt the norm( POVA- protection of vulnerable adults will more than likely apply).This is the main reason why peacefulsouls
will not allow anyone under the age of 18 to register, whilst the child may seem grown up in mind they are still very fragile,imagine
if somebody gave your child a reading you didnt like , how would you feel?this is for your protection and any good medium
/psyhcic would not do such a thing.
*keep development up to date, you always learn new things so
be aware it is not just a case of learning once it is a lifetime process.
*never prescribe or diagnose a problem, sitters should always
be diagnosed by a proffessional doctor or consultant, and very risky to diagnose such a problem, its better to say i
feel this could do with a check up- the sitter may get so worried it makes them ill!
please remember if you are reading, at the end of the day you
really dont know who you are talking to over the internet, you could be reading a trading standards investigator and face
presecution , so its important to do things right and in the right way to keep yourself above board and to make you professional
at what you do, it is such a gift you are given so respect what you have been given and look after it the way you would a
sentimental object.
useful information can be found at the spiritual workers association:
or the spiritualists national union:
