The Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act 1987 amended the Adoption of Children Act 1964 to provide that the Director should take into account the indigenous, ethnic or cultural background of the child put up for adoption. This act has the full title “An Act to amend the Adoption of Children Act Amendment Act 1983-1986 in…
The Age of Majority Act 1974 lowered the age of majority, that is when a person legally becomes an adult, from 21 to 18 years. This act is both a principal act and amending act. This act has the full title “An Act to reduce generally the age of majority from twenty-one years to eighteen…
The Status of Children Act 1978 declared all children to be of equal status. It was an Act ‘to remove the legal disabilities of children born out of wedlock and to declare with respect to the parentage of children’. The full title of this act is “An Act to remove the legal disabilities of children…
The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Acts Amendment Act 1934, with the full title “An Act to Amend the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Acts in certain particulars, and to Enable the Establishment and Carrying on of an Aboriginal Industries board; and for other purposes” (Act no….
The Infant Life Protection Act Amendment Act 1918 had the full title “An Act to Transfer the Powers and Duties of the Commissioner of Police under ‘The Infant Life Protection Act of 1905’ to the Director State Children Department.” This amendment transferred the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Police to the Director, State…
The Children’s Services Act 1965 was designed ‘to promote and protect the wellbeing of the children and youth of the State through a comprehensive and co-ordinated program of child and family welfare’. The focus was on the protection of children from neglectful acts and behaviour by parents, and protection from unacceptable living conditions. This act…
The State Children Act 1911, with the full title “An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Law relating to State Children” (Act no.2 Geo.V. No.11) provided for the care of children younger than 13 years of age and established the State Children Department with a director to replace the inspector of orphanages. This act is…
The Children and Young Persons Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1998 was passed on 14 December 1998. This Act had the full title: An Act to repeal the Children (Care and Protection) Act 1987; to amend the Children’s Court Act 1987: and to amend certain other Acts as a consequence of the enactment of the…
The Children Legislation Amendment (Wood Inquiry Recommendations) Act 2009 had the full title: An Act to amend the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 and other legislation to give effect to recommendations of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW; and for other purposes. This Act was part…
The Child Welfare (Amendment) Act 1969 was ‘An Act relating to certain proceedings before children’s courts, the execution of certain warrants and the transfer of persons between prisons and institutions; to provide for the care of wards and persons having the like status who travel or remove between States; to make further provision with respect…
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