The Child Welfare Agreement Ordinance 1941 (Act no. 12/1941) was Commonwealth legislation that approved an agreement made between the Commonwealth and the state of New South Wales for the reception, detention and maintenance in institutions in NSW of children committed to those institutions by courts of the ACT. When an ACT court committed a child…
The Juvenile Justice Act 2002 commenced on 3 July 2002 and was repealed by the Youth Justice Act 2005 which commenced on 1 August 2006.
The Juvenile Justice Act 1983 established the Juvenile Court in the Northern Territory. This act was introduced in conjunction with the Community Welfare Act 1983, marking a change in philosophy separating the criminal and welfare jurisdictions relating to young people in the NT. It was repealed by the Juvenile Justice Act 2002.
The Youth Justice Act 2005 (no 32 of 2005) renamed the Juvenile Court as the Youth Justice Court.
The Statute Law Revision Act 1991 (Act no. 31/1991) commenced on 25 June 1991. It repealed the Intestate Aboriginals (Distribution of Estates) Act Repeal Act 1979.
The Status of Children Act 1979 (Act no. 16/1978) was passed on 26 January 1979 and commenced on 21 September 1979. Its full title was ‘An Act relating to the Status of Children’. It was amended in 1985 and 1996.
The Intestate Aboriginals (Distribution of Estates) Act Repeal Act 1979 (Act no. 37/1979) was titled ‘An Act to repeal the Intestate Aboriginals (Distribution of Estates) Act’. Its assent date was 27 April 1979, and it commenced on 3 December 1979. It was repealed by Act No.31 1991 (Statute Law Revision Act 1991) on 25 June…
The Intestate Wards (Distribution of Estates) Ordinance 1961 (Act no. 11/1962) was titled ‘An Ordinance to provide for the distribution of the estates of certain wards and aboriginals dying intestate’. Its assent date was 29 March 1962 and it commenced on 19 September 1962. It was repealed by the Intestate Aboriginals (Distribution of Estates) Act…
The Adoption of Children Ordinance 1964 (Act no. 67/1964) repealed the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1949. Its full title was “An Ordinance relating to the Adoption of Children”. It was assented to on 18 December 1964 but did not commence until 22 March 1967. It was repealed by the Adoption of Children Act 1994 (Act…
The Adoption of Children Ordinance 1949 (Act no. 09/1949) repealed the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1935. It commenced on 7 November 1951. Its full title was “An Ordinance relating to the Adoption of Children”. This Ordinance was repealed by the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1964 (Act no. 67/1964), which commenced on 22 March 1967.
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