Child Welfare Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1967 (WA)

No. 42.] Child Welfare (No. 2). [1967.

CHILD WELFARE (No. 2).

No. 42 of 1967.

AN ACT to amend the Child Welfare Act,

1947-1965.

[Assented to 21st November, 1967.]

RE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent -" Majesty, 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:—

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

citation.	Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1967.
(2) In this Act the Child Welfare Act, 1947-1965, is referred to as the principal Act.
(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Child Welfare Act, 1947-1967.

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2. Section 23 of the principal Act is amended— M a—nded.

(a) by inserting a new subsection a f t e r subsection (1), as follows

(la) Where the court has made an order pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, it shall after the conclusion of the hearing, make available to any person having a sufficient reason on request, the name, age, and address of any child coming within the ambit of subsection (3) of this section and the particulars of the offence with which such child was charged;

(b) by adding the following subsection

(3) Where a child since attaining the age

of 16 years

(a)	has been convicted of any offence under The Criminal Code, the Police Act, 1892, or sections 25, 31, 31A, 31B, 32, 33B, 60, or 61, of the Traffic Act, 1919, or of any offence of which the substance is assault, the illegal consumption of liquor, drunkenness, or illegal betting; and
(b)	is subsequently convicted of the same or another of such offences,

the provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall not, in relation to such subsequent conviction, apply to the publication of the name, age and address of the child, nor the offence of which the child is convicted.

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amended. 3. Section one hundred and twenty-six of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the word "Where" being the first word of the section, the passage "Subject to the provisions of section twenty-three of this Act where". .