Adoption of Children Ordinance 1940 (Act no. 2/1940) was an amending act to the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1938. It commenced on 15 February 1940 and was repealed by the Adoption of Children Act 1965 on 8 October 1966.
The Adoption of Children (Amendment) Ordinance 1983 (Act no. 42/1983) was an amending act to the Adoption of Children (Amendment) Ordinance 1983. It was notified on 29 September 1983, commenced on 1 October 1983 and was repealed by the Adoption Act 1993 on 31 July 1993. This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May…
The Deserted Wives and Children Ordinance 1941 (Act no. 2/1941) is an amendment of the 1932 Deserted Wives and Children Ordinance 1932. This ordinance originally amended the Deserted Wives and Children Act 1901 of New South Wales. Full title: To amend the Deserted Wives and Children Act, 1901, of the State of New South Wales,…
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 It was repealed by Law Reform (Miscellaneous…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 It commenced on 11 November 1965, and was repealed by the Acts Revision Act 1977 on 22 December 1977.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 The Juvenile Offenders (Detention) Ordinance was repealed…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…
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.
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