The Children’s Services (Amendment) Act 1988 (Act no. 18/1988) varied the Children’s Services Ordinance 1986 on 26 April 1988 (Section 2). This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988. It was repealed by Children and Young People (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 on 10 May 2000.