The Human Rights Act 2004 is a law which recognises and describes the fundamental civil and political rights that individuals have. It gives the Attorney General and Human Rights Commissioner some powers to intervene in courts and tribunals where human rights are concerned, and gives the Supreme Court the power to declare Territory laws ‘incompatible’…
The Information Privacy Act (ACT) is a law of the Australian Capital Territory which regulates the storage and handling of personal information about individuals by ACT Government agencies. It replaced, in the Territory, the Commonwealth Privacy Act which had until then been the privacy law in force. It includes a number of Territory Privacy Principles…
Law in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) needs to be understood in light of the history of the territory’s governance since 1911, when the state of New South Wales transferred the territory to the federal government. The ACT became a self-governing territory in 1989. Before 1989, laws in the ACT were made by federal (Commonwealth)…
The Parentage Act 2004 (Act no. 1/2004) became effective on 22 March 2004. It was varied by the Adoption Amendment Act 2009 (No. 2) in 2009.
The Children’s Services (Amendment) Ordinance 1987 (Act no. 28/1987) amended the Children’s Services Ordinance 1986. It began on 15 June 1987 and was repealed by the Children and Young People (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 on 10 May 2000. This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989.
The Adoption (Consequential Amendments) Act 1993 (Act no. 23/1993) full title was ‘An Act to amend certain Acts in consequence of the enactment of the Adoption Act 1993’. The Acts amended by this Bill were the Artificial Conception Act 1985, the Birth (Equality of Status) Act 1988, the Children’s Services Act 1986, and the Testamentary…
The Adoption Amendment Act 2009 (Act no. 6/2009) is fully titled ‘An Act to amend the Adoption Act 1993’. It commenced on 6 March 2009 and was repealed by the Legislation Act 2001, Section 89 Paragraph 1, on 7 March 2009.
Communities@Work officially came into being on 1 May 2002. It was previously an organisation called Tuggeranong Community Service. Later that year, Communities@Work merged with Weston Creek Community Service. On 1 July 2011, Communities@Work amalgamated with Galilee Inc. In July 2013, Communities@Work merged with Gungahlin Regional Community Service. In 2014, Communities@Work is one of the largest…
The Salvation Army is a worldwide Christian Church with international headquarters in London. It delivers a range of social programs and services in Australia. In the Australian Capital Territory, the Salvation Army runs the Oasis Youth Residential Service.
A number of children and young people from the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) were transferred to New South Wales (NSW) to be placed in ‘care’. Under a Commonwealth agreement called the Child Welfare Agreement Ordinance 1941, children who were committed to institutions by courts in the Australian Capital Territory went to placements in New South…
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