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The Mental Diseases Hospitals Act 1929, Tasmania

The Mental Diseases Hospitals Act 1929 also named ‘An Act to amend the Mental Diseases Hospitals Act'(Act no.20 Geo. V No.29) amended the Mental Hospitals Act 1858 (Act no. 22 Vict No. 22) adding a 2 year limit on for recovering and making a complaint about money owed to Mental Disease Hospitals or the courts…

The Mental Diseases Hospitals Act 1915, Tasmania

The Mental Diseases Hospital Act 1915 also named ‘An Act to alter the Official Designation of “The New Norfolk Hospital for the Insane,” to amend “The Insane Persons’ Hospitals Act”, and for other purposes’ (Act no. 6 Geo. V No.8) amended the Mental Hospitals Act 1858 (Act no. 22 Vict No. 22) in two key…

Mental Hospitals Act 1885, Tasmania

The Mental Hospital Act 1885 has the full title ”An Act to amend the Mental Hospitals Act 1858′ (Act no. 49 Vic. No.35). It replaces the Commissioners who were responsible for regularly reviewing the institution’s administration, maintenance and treatment of people admitted to the hospital with Official Visitors. The number of Official Visitors per hospital…

The Master and Servant Act 1942, Tasmania

The Master and Servant Act 1942 has the full title ‘An Act to amend the Master and Servant Act 1856 ‘(Act no. 6 Geo. VI No.65). This amendment empowered the Chief Inspector of Factories to negotiate or lodge a complaint on behalf of a worker regarding unpaid wages under 30 pounds. This act was repealed…

The Master and Servant Act 1884, Tasmania

The Master and Servant Act 1884 with the full title ‘An Act to further amend “The Master and Servant Act 1856” ‘(Act no. 48 Vict. No.36) repealed sections of the Master and Servant Act 1856 that allowed a warrant to be issued for a servant or apprentice the first time they ‘abandoned’ their employer. This…

The Master and Servant Act 1887, Tasmania

The Master and Servants Act 1887 with the full title ‘An Act to further amend “The Master and Servant Act 1856″‘(Act no. 51 Vict. No.3) legislated that defendants brought before a Justice under The Master and Servant Act 1856 (Act no.19 Vict. No.28) were competent witnesses and could not be compelled to give evidence. This…

The Master and Servant Act 1856, Tasmania

The Master and Servant Act 1856 has the full title ‘An Act to amend the Law relating to Masters, Servants, and Apprentices ‘(Act no.19 Vict. No.28). This legislation covers regulation around the abandonment or misconduct of apprentices, and the misconduct of employers towards apprentices. It also stipulates the power of parents, guardians or Justices to…

The Master and Servant Act 1882, Tasmania

The Master and Servant Act 1882 has the full title ‘An Act to amend The Master and Servant Act 1856 ‘(Act no. 46 Vict. No.18). This amendment empowered servants to terminate their own employment and employers to terminate their servants with one weeks’ notice. This amendment only applied to servants whose period of service was…

Apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan School Amendment – amendment 1841, Tasmania

Apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan School Amendment – amendment 1841 has the full title ‘An Act to amend an Act passed in the Second Year of her present Majesty intituled An Act for apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan Schools in this Island’ (Act no.5 Vict. No.8). This legislation seems to be…

Apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan Schools Amendment 1840, Tasmania

Apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan Schools Amendment 1840, with the full title ‘An Act to amend an Act passed in the Second Year of her present Majesty intituled An Act for apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan Schools in this Island’ (Act no. 4 Vict. No.8) primarily sets out the penalties for…