The Children’s Services Act 1985 (Act No.21/1985) was passed on 28 March 1985 and commenced 1 July 1985. Its long title is ‘An Act to ensure the provision of services for children; to repeal the Kindergarten Union Act, 1974; to amend the Community Welfare Act, 1972; and for other purposes’.
The Mental Health Act 1977 (Act No.24/1977) was passed on 12 May 1977. Its full title is ‘An Act to make provision for the treatment and protection of persons who are mentally ill; to make provision for the care, treatment and protection of persons who are mentally handicapped; to amend the Mental Health Act, 1935;…
The Family Relationships Act 1975 (Act No.115/1975) was passed on 4 December 1975 and commenced 29 January 1976. Its long title is ‘An Act to abolish the legal consequences of illegitimacy under the law of this State; to invest courts of this State with power to make judgments declaratory of certain relationships; and for other…
The Education Act 1972 (Act No.154/1972) was passed on 7 December 1972 and commenced Pt 4 Div 1: 1 July 1973; Pt 4 Divs 2-6: 1 February 1974; remainder: 14 December 1972. For a full list of amendments, see the endnotes of the current version of the Act.
The Age of Majority (Reduction) Act 1970-1971 (Act No.15/1971) was passed on 8 April 1971 and commenced 15 April 1971. Its long title is ‘An Act to reduce the age of majority; to confer upon persons who have attained the age of eighteen years the juristic competence and capacity of full age and to confer…
The Corporal Punishment Abolition Act 1971 (Act No.58/1971) was passed on 14 October 1971 and commenced 18 November 1971. Its long title is ‘An Act to abolish corporal punishment by courts in South Australia and in connection therewith to amend the Children’s Protection Act, 1936-1969, the Criminal Law Consolidation Act, 1935-1971, the Kidnapping Act, 1960,…
The Children’s Institution Subsidies Act 1961 (Act No.22/1961) was passed and commenced 9 November 1961. Its long title was ‘An Act to provide for the granting of financial aid to certain persons, institutions and authorities for the purpose of assisting them to provide, acquire or construct buildings and equipment for the accommodation, care and training…
The Apprentices Act 1950 (Act No.51/1950) was passed on 7 December 1950 and commenced 25 January 1951. Its full title was ‘An Act to make provision for the technical education and the supervision of the training of apprentices, to repeal the Technical Education of Apprentices Act 1917-1940, and to amend the Industrial Code 1920-1950’. The…
The Guardianship of Infants Act 1940 (Act No. 55/1940) commenced on 5 December 1940. It repealed the Guardianship of Infants Act 1887. Its full title was ‘An Act to amend the law relating to the guardianship and custody of infants, and for other purposes’. The Principal Act is still current in February 2015. The Guardianship…
The Juvenile Courts Act 1941 (Act No.13/1941) was passed on 23 October 1941. It was repealed by the Juvenile Courts Act 1965-1966 on 7 July 1966. Its long title was ‘An Act to provide for the establishment of special courts for the trial of children, to enact certain provisions relating to delinquent children, and for…
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