Child Welfare (Probation and Parole) Amendment Act 1983 (NSW)

CHILD WELFARE (PROBATION AND PAROLE)

AMENDMENT ACT, 1983, No. 195

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Act No. 195. 1983.

An Act to amend section 54 of the Child Welfare Act, 1939, a.s a

consequence o\' the enactment of the Probation and Parole Act. 1983;

and to make certain savings. (Assented to. 31st December, 1983.]

Act No. 195, 1983. 2

Child Welfare {Probation and Parole) Amendment.

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the "Child Welfare. (Probation and Parole) Amendment Act, 1983".

1.

Commencement.

(1) Sections 1 and 2 shall commence on the date of assent to this Act. (2) Except as provided by subsection (1), this Act shall commence on the day appointed and notified pursuant to section 2 (2) of the Probation and Parole Act, 1983.

2.

Principal Act.

3.      The Child Welfare Act, 1939, is referred to in this Act as the Principal

Act.

Amendment of Act No. 17, 1939.

4.      The Principal Act is amended in the manner set forth in Schedule 1.

Savings.

5. (1) In this section, "appointed day" means the day referred to in section 2 (2).

(2) A period specified under section 54 (4) of the Principal Act in an order made before the appointed day shall, on that day, for the purposes of clause 6 of Schedule 3 to the Probation anc' Parole Act, 1983, be deemed to be a period specified under section 54 (4) of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act.

1. Act No. 195, 1983.

Child Welfare {Probation and Parole) Amendment.

(3) Nothing in section 54 (5) of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, requires a copy of an order or a statement referred to in that subsection to be served on the Board, within the meaning of the Probation and Parole Act, 1983, if a copy of the order or the statement was, before the appointed day, served on the Parole Board constituted under the Parole of Prisoners Act, 1966.

Repeal.

1. This Act is repealed on the day on which section 54 of the Principal

Act is repealed pursuant to the Miscellaneous Acts (Community Welfare)

Repeal and Amendment Act, 1982.

SCHEDULE 1.

(Sec. 4.)

AMENDMENTS TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT.

(1) Section 54 (4)—

Omit "section 2A of the Parole of Prisoners Act, 1966, as subsequently amended", insert instead "clause 6 of Schedule 3 to the Probation and Parole Act, 1983".

(2) Section 54 (5 )—

Omit "Parole of Prisoners Act, 1966, as subsequently amended",

insert instead "Probation and Parole Act, 1983".