Child Welfare Act Amendment Act 1955 (WA)

1955.] Child Welfare. [No. 45.

CHILD WELFARE.

4° Elizabeth II., No. XLV.

No. 45 of 1955.

AN ACT to amend the Child Welfare Act, 19474954.

[Assented to 9th December, 1955.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Snort title

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Child Welfare and citation.

Act Amendment Act, 1955.

(2) In this Act the Child Welfare Act, 1947-1954,

Act No. 66 of 1947 as amended by Acts Nos.

52 of 1950, 16 of 1952, and 73 of 1954,

is referred to as the principal Act.

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(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Child Welfare Act, 1947-1955.

General

amendmen 2. The principal Act is amended by substituting

for the word, "Secretary" wherever it appears, the

word, "Director".

S. 7

3.    Section seven of the principal Act is amended

amended.

by adding after the word, "appoint" in line one,

the words, "an Assistant Director,".

s. 20

amended. 4. Section twenty of the principal Act is amended

by adding after the word, "by" in line two of para-

graph (a), the words, "or against".

S 34A added. 5. The principal Act is amended by adding after

section thirty-four the following section:—

Child under

fourteen	34A. A child under the age of fourteen years
years of age

rot liable to

is not liable to imprisonment.

imprison-

ment.

Second	6.	The principal Act is amended by substituting
Schedule

substituted. for the Second Schedule the following:—

S /5. SECOND SCHEDULE.

Industrial School for Boys:

Anglican Farm School, Stoneville.

Industrial School for Girls:

Home of the Good Shepherd (Roman Catholic),

Leeder+ille.

Church of England:

Swan Homes for Children (Boys and Girls), Middle

Swan.

Parkerville Children's Home (Boys and Girls),

Parkerville.

William A. Saw Seaside Home (Boys and Girls),

Coogee.

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Roman Catholic:

St. Joseph's Orphanage (Girls), Wembley.

St. Vincent's Foundling Home (Boys and Girls),

Wembley.

Castledare Junior Orphanage (Boys), Queen's Park.

Clontarf Orphanage (Boys), Victoria Park.

St. Joseph's Farm and Trade School (Boys),

Bindoon.

St. Mary's Agricultural School (Boys), Tardun.

Nazareth House (Girls), Geraldton.

Salvation Army:

Boys' Home, Hollywood. Girls' Home, Cottesloe.

Methodist:

Children's Home (Girls), Victoria Park.

Tom Allan Memorial Home for Boys, Werribee.

Presbyterian:

Bellmore Boys' Home, Caversham.

Burnbrae Children's Home (Girls), Byford.

Undenominational:

Alexandra Home for Babies (Boys and Girls).

Highgate.