The Adoption of Children (Amendment) Ordinance 1979 (Act no. 5/1979) was an amending act of the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1965. It was notified and commenced on 21 March 1979 and was repealed by the Adoption Act 1993 on 31 July 1993. This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988.