The Mental Hygiene Authority Act was ‘An Act to make provision with respect to the Constitution and Functions of a Mental Hygiene Authority, and for other purposes.’ It commenced on 1 February 1952. This Act amends the Mental Deficiency Act 1939.
The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Amending Act 1885 (No. 816) further amended the Act for Hospitals and Charitable Institutions 1864. The Amending Act commenced on 29 April 1886; the Principal Act was repealed by the Hospitals and Charities Act (No. 1099) in 1890.
The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Amending Act 1884 amended the Act for Hospitals and Charitable Institutions 1864 (No. 220). The amending act commenced on 20 March 1885. The Principal Act was repealed in 1890.
The Maintenance (Consolidation) Act 1957 (No. 6116) amends the Maintenance Act 1928 (No. 3722). It consolidated the law for the maintenance of wives and children, confinement expenses and financial support of persons whose relatives reside in another Australian state or in the Commonwealth, and New Zealand. The act also deals with enforcement of maintenance orders…
The Maintenance Act 1933 (No. 4154) amended the Maintenance Act 1928.
The Public Health Act 1889 (No. 1044) was ‘An Act to create a Department of Public Health and to further amend the Law relating to Public Health’ – amending the Public Health Amendment Statute 1883 (No. 782). It was passed on 25 November1889, and commenced 1 January 1890.
The Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act 1954 (Act no. 5851) amends the Adoption of Children Act 1928.
The Social Welfare (Amendment) Act 1973 (Act no. 8426) was assented to on 17 April 1973 and commenced on 1 April 1974. Its long title was “An Act to amend the Social Welfare Act 1970, the Crimes Act 1958, and the Maintenance Act 1965 with respect to the Service of Terms of Imprisonment, the Custody…
The Children’s Maintenance Act 1924 (Act no. 3376) is an amendment of the Children’s Maintenance Act 1919. It introduces the definition of child as “any person,(whether born in lawful wedlock or not) under the maximum age provided under the Education Acts” currently in force for a school-aged child. It also deals with the administration of…
‘An Act to further amend the Law relating to Neglected and Criminal Children’ (Act no. 626) amended the Neglected and Criminal Children’s Act 1864. It allowed for the Governor in Council to transfer any child in an industrial school to a reformatory school and vice versa for the period of their term of detention. Left…
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