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The Master and Servant Act 1856, Tasmania

The Master and Servant Act 1856 has the full title ‘An Act to amend the Law relating to Masters, Servants, and Apprentices ‘(Act no.19 Vict. No.28). This legislation covers regulation around the abandonment or misconduct of apprentices, and the misconduct of employers towards apprentices. It also stipulates the power of parents, guardians or Justices to…

The Master and Servant Act 1882, Tasmania

The Master and Servant Act 1882 has the full title ‘An Act to amend The Master and Servant Act 1856 ‘(Act no. 46 Vict. No.18). This amendment empowered servants to terminate their own employment and employers to terminate their servants with one weeks’ notice. This amendment only applied to servants whose period of service was…

Apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan School Amendment – amendment 1841, Tasmania

Apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan School Amendment – amendment 1841 has the full title ‘An Act to amend an Act passed in the Second Year of her present Majesty intituled An Act for apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan Schools in this Island’ (Act no.5 Vict. No.8). This legislation seems to be…

Apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan Schools Amendment 1840, Tasmania

Apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan Schools Amendment 1840, with the full title ‘An Act to amend an Act passed in the Second Year of her present Majesty intituled An Act for apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan Schools in this Island’ (Act no. 4 Vict. No.8) primarily sets out the penalties for…

Apprentices and Servants 1837, Tasmania

The Apprentices and Servants 1837 act with the full title ‘An Act to consolidate the Laws relating to Apprentices and Servants’ (Act No.1 Vict. No. 15) sets out guidelines for the arrest and imprisonment of apprentices and servants who are deemed to have abandoned their work, as well as the right for apprentices and servants…

Apprenticing of the Children of the Queen’s Orphan Schools 1838, Tasmania

The Apprenticing of the Children of the Queen’s Orphan Schools 1838, with the full title, ‘An Act for apprenticing the Children of the Queen’s Orphan Schools in this Island'(Act no. 2 Vict. No.27) gave authority to the Lieutenant Governor to engage children from the Queen’s Orphan School in apprenticeships with employers of the Lieutenant Governor’s…

The Maintenance Act 1956, Tasmania

The Maintenance Act 1956 with the full title “An Act to amend the ‘Maintenance Act 1921′”(26/1956) was repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1958 (No.36) on 24 July 1958.

The Maintenance Act 1957, Tasmania

The Maintenance Act 1957 with the full title “An Act to amend the ‘Maintenance Act 1921′” (Act no.93/1957) was repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1958 (No.36) on 24 July 1958.

The Maintenance Act 1951, Tasmania

The Maintenance Act 1951 with the full title “An Act to amend the ‘Maintenance Act 1921′”(Act no. 35/1951) was repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1958 (No.36) on 24 July 1958.

The Maintenance Act 1942, Tasmania

The Maintenance Act 1942 with the full title “An Act to amend the ‘Maintenance Act 1921′”(Act no.6 Geo. VI No.10) amends the Maintenance Act 1921 to presume that any man serving in the military who does not attend a court summons relating to maintenance has sworn under oath that he is not the father of…