Child Welfare Act 1939 Regulation relating to law revision (1992-558) [GG No 125 of 16.10.1992] (NSW)

1992—No. 558

CHILD WELFARE ACT 1939—REGULATION

(Relating to law revision)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 125 of 16 October 1992]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Child Welfare Act 1939, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

JAMES LONGLEY,

Minister for Community Services.

The Child Welfare Regulations 1940 are amended:

(a) by omitting Regulations 3, 6A–48 and 55A–74;

(b) by omitting from Regulation 6 the definitions of “Department”, “Employer”, “Inmate” and “Officer-in-Charge”;

(c) by inserting at the end of Regulation 6 the following definition:

“School leaving age” means the age of 15 years.

(d) by omitting Forms 1–21 and 30–32 from the Schedule to the Regulations.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of this Regulation is to amend the Child Welfare Regulations 1940

so as to repeal, by way of law revision, those Regulations (and their associated
form) that relate to provisions of the Child Welfare Act 1939 that have been
repealed or that are no longer of practical utility.

The effect of this Regulation is to retain only those Regulations that relate to:

(a) the licensing of day attendance centres, activity centres and sheltered

workshops for the intellectually handicapped; or

(b) the employment of children. (b)