The Children’s Welfare Act 1954 (No. 5817) came into operation on 1 September 1955. It contained some significant changes to the Victorian system. It gave the government the power to establish its own institutions for the care of children and for the detention of young offenders. Non-government children’s institutions were required to be registered with…
The Juvenile Offenders (Probation) Ordinance 1940 (Act no. 9/1940) commenced on 30 May 1940 and was repealed by the Child Welfare Ordinance 1957 on 1 March 1958. Its full title is ‘An Ordinance relating to Juvenile Offenders on Probation.’ This Act was repealed by the Child Welfare Ordinance 1957 on 1 March 1958.
The Infants’ Custody and Settlements (Repeal) Act 1995 (Act no. 4/1995) repealed the Infants’ Custody and Settlement Act 1956, commencing on 19 June 1995. The Infants’ Custody and Settlements (Repeal) Act 1995 was repealed by the Statute Law Amendment Act 2000 on 21 December 2000.
Full title (Act no. 6/1936): “An Ordinance to approve an Agreement made between the Minister of Public Instruction of the State of New South Wales and the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia for the reception, detention and maintenance in institutions in the State of New South Wales of children committed to those institutions by…
The Child Welfare (Saving and Validation) Act 1987 (Act no. 46/1987) was an ‘An Ordinance to continue the operation of, and to validate acts under certain repealed provisions’. It was repealed by Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 on 4 June 1992. This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989.
With the Maintenance Act 1968 (Act no. 20, 1968), the Commonwealth introduced a comprehensive law relating to the maintenance of spouse and children. The Maintenance Ordinance 1968 was notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 30 September 1968 (Cwlth Gaz 1968 No 80), becoming effective on 1 January 1969. It was repealed by Law Reform (Miscellaneous…
The full title of the Aborigines Welfare Repeal Ordinance 1965 (Act no. 16/1965) was ‘An Ordinance to repeal the Aborigines Welfare Ordinance 1954’. It removed discriminatory provisions relating to persons of Aboriginal descent. It commenced on 11 November 1965, and was repealed by the Acts Revision Act 1977 on 22 December 1977.
The full title of the Juvenile Offenders (Detention) Ordinance 1935 (Act no. 4/1935) is ‘An Ordinance to provide for the Detention in State Institutions of Uncontrollable Children and Juvenile Offenders, and for other purposes’. It commenced on 28 February 1935 and was amended in 1936 (Act no. 28/1936). The Juvenile Offenders (Detention) Ordinance was repealed…
The Children and Young People Act 1999 (Act no. 63/1999) was said to be ‘implemented with the best interests of the child or young person as the paramount consideration for decisions made’. This Act formally recognised the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle. Sections 1 and 2 commenced on 10 of November 1999, the remainder on 10…
The Adoption Act 1993 (Act no. 20/1993) provided access to information for adopted children and birth parents which had previously been restricted. It recognised the ‘best interests’ of the child as the primary consideration in all aspects of adoption covered by the Act. The 1993 Act, Section 1, commenced on 2 April 1993, sections 3-121…
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