The Youth Court Act 1993 (Act No. 58/1993) was assented to on 27 May 1993 and commenced on 1 January 1994. Its full title is: ‘An Act to establish the Youth Court of South Australia; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to make a consequential amendment to the Courts Administration Act 1993; and for other…
The Young Offenders Act 1993 (Act No. 57/1993) was assented to on 27 May 1993 and commenced on 1 January 1994. Its full title is ‘An Act to reconstitute the juvenile justice system in this State; and for other purposes’. It includes the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle.
The Children’s Protection and Young Offenders Act 1979 (Act No. 44/1979) was passed on 15 March 1979 and commenced on 1 July 1979, except S50(2) commencing on 19 February 1981. S9(3)(b) and s50(3) were repealed. The full title of the Act was “An Act to provide for the protection, care and rehabilitation of children; to…
The Adoption Act 1988 (Act No. 90/1988) was assented to on 1 December 1988 and commenced on 17 August 1989. Its long title is ‘An Act to provide for the adoption of children; to repeal the Adoption of Children Act, 1967; to amend the Children’s Protection and Young Offenders Act, 1979; and for other purposes’….
The Juvenile Courts Act 1971 (Act No. 69/1971) was titled “An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the commission of offences by young persons, and to neglected and uncontrolled children; to repeal the Juvenile Courts Act, 1965-1969; to amend the Offenders Probation Act, 1913-1969; and for other purposes”. It was passed on…
The Community Welfare Act 1972 (Act No. 51/1972) was assented to on 27 April 1972 and commenced on 1 July 1972. Its long title is ‘An Act to promote various aspects of community welfare in this State; to repeal the Social Welfare Act, 1926-1971; the Aboriginal Affairs Act, 1962-1968; and the Children’s Protection Act, 1936-1969;…
The Adoption of Children Act 1966/7 (Act no. 12/1967) was asssented to on 6 April 1967 and commenced on 2 November 1967. Its long title was ‘An Act to Consolidate and Amend the law relating to the Adoption of Children and for purposes connected therewith; and to repeal the Adoption of Children Act, 1925-1965’. This…
The Aboriginal Affairs Act 1962 (Act No. 451963) was assented to on 15 November 1962 and commenced on 28 February 1963. Its full title was ‘An Act to repeal the Aborigines Act, 1934-1939, and to promote the welfare and advancement of Aborigines and of persons of Aboriginal blood in South Australia and for other purposes’….
The Juvenile Courts Act 1965-1966 (Act No. 3/1966) was passed on 10 February 1966 and commenced on 7 July 1966. It replaced the Juvenile Courts Act 1941 and was repealed by the Juvenile Courts Act 1971 on 23 December 1971. The Act made recommendations on the committing of a child to an institution. It was…
The Children’s Protection Act 1936 (Act No. 2279/1936) was assented to on 3 September 1936 and commenced on 1 April 1937. Its long title was ‘An Act to consolidate certain Acts relating to the protection and punishment of children’. It was repealed by the Community Welfare Act 1972. It resembled the Children’s Protection Act 1899.
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