The Maintenance Act (No. 11 of 6 Vic, 1843) was passed and commenced on 14 February 1842. Its full title was: An Act to provide for the maintenance and relief of deserted Wives and Children and other destitute persons and to make the property of Husbands and near Relatives to whose assistance they have a natural claim in certain circumstances available for their support. It was amended by Lunacy Act (Act No. 2 of 10 and 11 Vic, 1847), Orphans Act (Act No. 8 of 11 and 12 Vic, 1848) and Lunacy Act (Act No. 21 of 27 and 28 Vic, 1864). It was repealed by the Destitute Persons Relief Act 1866-7 on 11 January 1867.
1843 - 1867 Maintenance Act 1843
1867 - 1872 Destitute Persons Relief Act 1866
1872 - 1881 Destitute Persons Act 1872
1881 - 1927 Destitute Persons Act 1881
1927 - 1972 Maintenance Act 1926
1972 - Community Welfare Act 1972
Sources used to compile this entry:
Law Research Service, Melbourne Law School, Law Library, The University of Melbourne. 'Find and Connect Project - South Australia Legislation', 13 December 2013, held in the project files at the University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre.
Prepared by: Christine Moje
Created: 16 January 2015, Last modified: 16 January 2023
Last updated: 7 August 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/sa/biogs/SE01420b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License