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Victoria - Legislation

Children's Welfare Act 1924 (1924 - 1929)

From
1924
To
1929
Categories
Amending Act
Website
http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/cwa1924156/

The Children's Welfare Act 1924 (No.3351), assented to on 1 October 1924, was enacted to rename the Department for Neglected Children as the Children's Welfare Department. The renaming of the Department signified the Government's awareness of the stigma which had become attached to the term 'neglected child', and did not reflect a change in functional responsibility or status. It is evident that the Department for Reformatory Schools continued to be administered jointly with the Children's Welfare Department.

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The Children's Welfare Act 1928 (Vic) No. 3654 repealed the Children's Welfare Act 1924.

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Sources used to compile this entry: Law Research Service, Melbourne Law School, Law Library, The University of Melbourne. 'Find and Connect Project - Victoria Legislation', 13 December 2013, held in the project files at the University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre.

Prepared by: Cate O'Neill