Industrial Schools Act Amendment Act 1882 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUADRAGE5IMO SENTO

VICTORLE REGIN2E

No. 20

An Act to amend The Industrial Schools Act, 1874!

[Assented to 21st September, 1882.

EREAS by The Industrial Schools Act, 1874,' it is amongst other things enacted that the Governor in Executive Council

may, by writing under his hand, order and direct juvenile offenders in certain cases to be sent to any institution certified under the said Act which shall be willing to receive such offenders ; and whereas it is expedient to appoint an institution for the reception of such offenders without obtaining the consent which is required by the said Act : Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

1. The Rottnest Reformatory shall be, and the same is hereby constituted an institution within the meaning of The Industrial Schools Act, 1874,' for the reception of such juvenile offenders as the Governor in Council is authorised to order and direct to be detained, in accordance with the provisions of the ninth section of the said Aet : and the person in charge of the said Reformatory shall be the Manager' thereof, for all the purposes required by the said Act.

2. This Act shall be incorporated and read together with The Industrial Schools Act, 1874.'

3. The short title of this Act shall be ' The Industrial Schools Act Amendment Act, 1882.'

WILLIAM C. F. ROBINSON,

GOVERNOR.