The Children (Equality of Status) Act 1976 (97/1976) was ‘an Act to remove legal disabilities of ex-nuptial children; to facilitate the establishment of the paternity and maternity of children; and to amend the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act, 1973, and certain other Acts’. It removed the nineteenth and early twentieth century inequality in…
The Status of Children Act 1996 (76/1996) was ‘An Act to re-enact without any substantive changes provisions contained in the Children (Equality of Status) Act 1976 concerning the removal of legal disabilities of ex-nuptial children; to provide for parentage presumptions and parentage testing procedures; to repeal the Children (Equality of Status) Act 1976 and the…
The Child Welfare (Commonwealth Agreement Ratification) Act 1962 (28/1962) ratified the agreement, existing since 1941, between the NSW and ACT governments that children committed to homes by Courts in the ACT could be placed in New South Wales. This was made under the Child Welfare (Commonwealth Agreement Ratification) Act 1941 and Child Welfare Agreement Ordinance…
The Child Welfare (Commonwealth Agreement Ratification) Act 1941 was an Act to ratify an agreement between New South Wales and the Commonwealth of Australia that children committed to Homes by Courts in the Australian Capital Territory could be transferred to the New South Wales Child Welfare Department. The Agreement was made via the Child Welfare…
The Juvenile Migrants Apprenticeship Act 1923 (52/1923) was ‘An Act to establish a system of apprenticing juvenile assisted migrants; to provide for the care and control of such migrants and their property and earnings’. It was designed to protect young (juvenile) migrant apprentices. The Minister for Labour and Industry became responsible for the welfare of…
The Infants’ Home, Ashfield Act 1924 (13/1924) has the full title ‘An Act to incorporate the members of a society which conducts the Infants’ Home, Ashfield; to promote the objects of the said society’. This Act made the Infants’ Home, Ashfield a statutory corporation (a body specially set up by Parliament) with its land protected…
The Juvenile Migrants Act 1926 was ‘An Act to provide for the care and well-being of juvenile assisted migrants; to repeal the Juvenile Migrants Apprenticeship Act, 1923; and for purposes connected there with’. It established the role of the Minister for Labour as much more central to migration. It was repealed in 1999 by the…
The Deserted Wives and Children Act of 1840 as amended by the Act of 1858 was also known as ‘An Act to amend the Act for the Maintenance of Deserted Wives and Children’. It made it harder for deserting parents to escape their obligation to maintain their children by leaving the Colony. It made provision…
The Apprentices Act 1894 [22/1894 (57 Vic. No.22)], also known as ‘An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Apprentices’ dealt with apprenticeships in the modern sense, as labour contracts between masters and those learning a trade. It set out rules for wages, penalties, and how an apprentice could enter and leave employment….
The Apprentices Act 1901 [41/1901] was an Act to consolidate the previous Colonial New South Wales laws relating to apprenticeship. It was amended by the Apprentices (Amendment) Act 1915 (which made provision for apprentices enlisting in the armed services). It was further amended by the Statute Law Revision Act 1937 and the Maintenance Act 1964….
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