Phone Support:

  • 1800 16 11 09
    (free call)

Monday–Friday 9am–5pm

Want some help?

Does this page need updating?

What to expect when accessing records about you

What to expect when accessing records about you.

What to expect

Look for Similar

Other Find and Connect resources

Legislation Child Welfare Ordinance 1957 (Cth) (1957 - 1986)

Commonwealth of Australia

  • Click to view details about this Document

    Child Welfare Ordinance 1957, courtesy of AustLII: Australasian Legal Information Institute; and AIATSIS: To Remove and Protect: ACT.
    Details

From
1957
To
1986
Categories
Legislation

Summary

The Child Welfare Ordinance 1957 ended the application of NSW child welfare legislation in the ACT.

The Ordinance specified that where a court committed a child or young person to the care of the Minister on the grounds that the child was 'neglected,' or where a parent had consented to the admission of a child or young person to government control, the child could be apprenticed, boarded out, placed out or placed as an adopted boarder. The court could also commit a 'neglected' child to an institution. A child committed to an institution could be removed to NSW for detention and maintenance in a State institution.

The 1957 Ordinance was amended by the Child Welfare Amendment Ordinance 1979 (Cth) - which removed the powers of the Minister to place a ward as an adopted boarder or apprentice. Instead the minister was to provide accommodation and maintenance for the child admitted to government control. The minister could revoke an admission to government control on the application of a relative. Repealed by Children's Services Ordinance 1986 (Cth).

Skip to

Related Glossary Terms

Related Organisations

  • Child Welfare Department, New South Wales (1923 - 1968)

    The Child Welfare Ordinance 1957 legislated for a regional officer from the Child Welfare Department (NSW) to be stationed in Canberra who would work collaboratively with social workers and 'other persons' from the Department of the Interior. The Ordinance also gave the territory power to establish depots, shelters, homes and hostels in the ACT.

Publications

Online Resources

Gallery

Title
Child Welfare Ordinance 1957
Type
Document
Date
1957
Source
AustLII: Australasian Legal Information Institute; and AIATSIS: To Remove and Protect: ACT

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Australian Capital Territory: Provisions of the legislations', in To remove and protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2009, http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/exhibitions/removeprotect/prov/act_prov.html.

Prepared by: Lydia Connell

Created: 4 May 2011, Last modified: 24 September 2012