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 It was notified and commenced on 21 March 1979 and was repealed by the Adoption Act 1993 on 31 July 1993.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.
Sources used to compile this entry: Law Research Service, Melbourne Law School, Law Library, The University of Melbourne. 'Find and Connect Project - Northern Territory Legislation', 1 February 2013, held in the project files at the University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre.
Prepared by: Christine Moje
Created: 23 January 2014, Last modified: 10 May 2017