The Aborigines Act 1928 (Act no.3631 ) was fully titled “An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the Aboriginal Natives of Victoria. ” It was assented to on 12 February 1929 and came into operation on 18 December 1929. In 1957 it was repealed by Aborigines Act 1957 No.6086.
Amended by Act No.7228 1964, Act No.6498 1959 and Act No.6886 1962
The Children’s Welfare Act 1958 (Act no. 6219) was assented to on 30 September 1958 and came into operation on 1 April 1959. Its long title was “An Act to consolidate the Law to provide for and promote the Welfare Protection and Care of Children and Young Persons.” The Children’s Welfare Act 1958 was repealed…
The Adoption of Children Act 1958 (Act no. 6192) was passed on 30 September 1958 and came into operation on 1 April 1959 (Gov. Gaz. 18 March 1959 p.892). It was “An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the Adoption of Infants.” It was repealed and re-enacted by the Adoption of Children Act 1964…
The Children’s Court Act 1973 ( Vic) ( No. 8477) replaced the Children’s Court Act 1958 on 5 August 1974. The long title was ‘An Act to re-enact with Amendments to the Law relating to Children’s Courts’. The Children and Young Persons Act 1989 ( No.5619) repealed this Act and came into operation on 30…
The Children’s Court Act 1958 (Vic) (No. 6218) repealed the Children’s Court Act 1956 on 1 April 1959. Its long title was ‘An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Children’s Courts’. The Children’s Court Act 1973 ( No.8477) repealed and re-enacted this Act on 5 August 1974.
The Mental Health Act 1959 (No. 6605) brought into being the Mental Health Authority (the successor to the Mental Hygiene Authority). It consolidated and amended the law relating to the treatment and care of people described in the legislation as ‘the mentally ill and the intellectually defective’. The Mental Health Act 1959 was passed on…
The Information Privacy Act 2000 established the first regime for the ‘responsible collection and handling of personal information in the Victorian public sector’. The Act provided individuals with rights of access to information about them held by organisations, including contracted service providers (including community service organisations providing out-of-home care). It provided for the appointment of…
The Community Welfare Services Act 1978 (No. 9248) brought into being the Department of Community Welfare Services. It amended the Social Welfare Act 1970, and provided that its title be changed to the ‘Community Welfare Services Act 1970’. The 1978 Act defined the objectives and philosophies guiding child welfare in Victoria in the late 1970s,…
The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act 1864 (Act no. 220) set out certain requirements for Victorian institutions, societies and associations, funded entirely or in part by voluntary contributions, and which had been established with the object of saving human life, promoting health, temperance or morality, preventing cruelty or vice or for other philanthropic or humane…
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