Under the Infant Life Protection Acts Amendment Act of 1935, the age of children in this type of care was raised from three years to six years.
The Health Act of 1937 consolidated ten previous Acts dealing with public health. The Director-General of Health, appointed by the Governor in Council and who must be a medical practitioner, was authorised to administer the Act. The Director-General of Health was empowered to issue orders and give directions, to safe-guard the health and well-being of…
The Leprosy Act of 1892 provided for the treatment of lepers as well as their detention and isolation. The Act enabled the Governor-in-Council, by proclamation, to appoint any place to be a lazaret for the reception and medical treatment of lepers. This act was repealed by the 1937 Health Act.
The Blind, Deaf and Dumb Children Instruction Act of 1924 provided for the compulsory education of blind, deaf and dumb children in Queensland. (Act no. 15 Geo V, No.21).
The Right to Information Act 2009 replaced the Freedom of Information Act 1992. The Act gives you the right to access documents about your personal affairs and the activities of government agencies and ministers. It also gives you the right to request that incorrect or misleading information held by an agency about you be amended…
The Information Privacy Act 2009 provided safeguards for the handling of personal information in the public sector environment, and to allow access to and amendment of personal information. The full title of this act is “An Act to provide safeguards for the handling of personal information in the public sector environment, and to allow access…
The Lunacy Act of 1869 provided for the establishment of ‘reception houses’, to which magistrates could commit ‘disturbed’ patients for one month instead of admitting them to the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum. Reception houses were subsequently opened in Brisbane, Townsville, Rockhampton and Maryborough. This Act was repealed with the introduction of the Insanity Act of 1884….
The Insanity Act of 1884 changed the names of the “Lunatic Asylums” at Goodna and Sandy Gallop, near Ipswich, to “Hospitals for the Insane”. It gave the Governor in Council power to appoint and name any suitable premises to be a hospital for the insane and grant a license for a maximum of 3 years….
The Backward Persons Act of 1938 made provision for the education and care, treatment and control of ‘mentally deficient’ people. The Act stated that mental deficiency was to be treated separately from mental illness and included special provisions related to children. The full title of this act was “An Act to Make Provision for the…
The Mental Hygiene Act of 1938 required active treatment for the mentally ill. It also attempted to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness by changing words such as “lunatic”, “imbelcile”, “insane” and “asylum”, to “mentally sick”, “mental illness” and “mental hospital”. The Act allowed for voluntary admission to mental hospitals and set out the…
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