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Child Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2004, Queensland

This act with the full title “An Act to amend particular Acts to increase child safety, and for other purposes” (Act no.13/2004) aimed to implement the recommendations from the Crime and Misconduct Commissions report Protecting Children: An Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Foster Care. Because this amendment is in response to a wide reaching…

Child Safety Legislation Amendment Act (No.2) 2004, Queensland

This act with the full title “An Act to amend particular Acts to increase child safety, and for other purposes”(Act no.36/2004) aimed to implement the recommendations from the Crime and Misconduct Commissions report Protecting Children: An Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Foster Care. Because this amendment is in response to a wide reaching report,…

Commonwealth Powers (Family Law – Children) Act 1990, Queensland

This act with the full title “An Act to refer to the Commonwealth Parliament certain matters relating to children” (Act no.37/1990) acknowledged the authority of the Australian Commonwealth Government to apply legislation to the State of Queensland in relation to child custody, access to children, child maintenance payments, child adoption and other matters relating to…

Child Protection (International Measures) Act 2003, Queensland

This act with the full title “An Act to provide for Queensland’s involvement in relation to the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children, and for other purposes” (Act no.57/2003) enacts the ‘Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law Recognition, Enforcement and…

Community Services (Torres Strait) Act Amendment Act 1986, Queensland

This act has the full title “An Act to amend the Community Services (Torres Strait) Act 1984-1985 in certain particulars” (Act no.44/1986). This act mainly focused on the establishment, funding and running of Island Councils. It was repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No.2) 1994 (Act No.87) on 1 December 1994

Community Services (Torres Strait) Act Amendment Act 1990, Queensland

“An Act to amend the Community Services (Torres Strait) Act 1984-1986 in certain particulars and for related purposes” (Act no. 105/1990). This act amends the Community Services (Torres Strait) Act 1984 in particular relation, although not exclusively, the funding, operation and governance of Aboriginal Councils. It was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1995…

Child Support (Adoption) Act 1988, Queensland

This act with the full title “An Act to adopt the Child Support Act 1988 of the Commonwealth insofar as that Act applies to or in relation to the maintenance of children and does not otherwise extend to Queensland, to authorize the Governor to make certain arrangements for the purposes of section 20 of that…

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008

This act has the full title “An Act to amend the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984, the Liquor Act 1992, the Local Government (Aboriginal Lands) Act 1978, the Local Government Act 1993, the Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004 and the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act…

Aboriginal Land and Torres Strait Islander Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011, Queensland

“An Act to amend the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984, the Aboriginal Land Act 1991, the Liquor Act 1992, the Local Government (Aboriginal Lands) Act 1978, the Local Government Act 2009, the Nature Conservation Act 1992, the Petroleum Act 1923, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety)…

Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 2002, Queensland

This act has the full title “An Act to amend the Community Services (Aborigines) Act 1984, Community Services (Torres Strait) Act 1984 and Local Government (Aboriginal Lands) Act 1978, and for other purposes” (Act no.46/2002). This act aimed to provide for the formation of community justice groups in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community areas,…