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GUARDIANSHIP OF INFANTS ACT 1972
As in force at 1 May 2016
Table of provisions
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF
AUSTRALIA
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As in force at 1 May 2016
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GUARDIANSHIP OF INFANTS ACT 1972
An act to amend the law relating to the guardianship and custody of infants and for other purposes
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od =
order
app = appendix om =
omitted
bl = by-law pt =
Part
ch = Chapter r =
regulation/rule
cl = clause rem =
remainder
div = Division renum =
renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep
= repealed
f = forms s =
section
Gaz =
Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg =
heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins =
inserted SL = Subordinate
Legislation
lt = long title sub =
substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
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Guardianship of Infants Ordinance 1972 (Act No. 37, 1972) |
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Assent date |
31 July 1972 |
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Commenced |
31 July 1972 |
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Guardianship of Infants Ordinance 1973 (Act No. 17, 1973) |
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Assent date |
8 May 1973 |
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Commenced |
8 May 1973 |
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Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1973 (Act No. 87, 1973) |
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Assent date |
11 December 1973 |
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Commenced |
11 December 1973 (s 12(2)) |
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Amending Legislation |
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Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1974 (Act No. 34, 1974) |
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Assent date |
26 August 1974 |
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Commenced |
11 December 1973 (s 3(2)) |
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Ordinances Revision Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 (Act No. 69, 1974) |
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Assent date |
24 October 1974 |
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Commenced |
11 December 1973 (s 3) |
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Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1976 (Act No. 27, 1976) |
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Assent date |
28 June 1976 |
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Commenced |
ss 1, 2 and 6: 28 June 1976 (s
6(2)); |
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Age of Majority Ordinance 1974 (Act No. 37, 1974) |
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Assent date |
23 September 1974 |
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Commenced |
1 November 1974 (Gaz No. 42, 17 October 1974, p 475) |
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Status of Children Act 1978 (Act No. 16, 1979) |
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Assent date |
26 January 1979 |
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Commenced |
21 September 1979 (Gaz G38, 21 September 1979, p 1) |
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Statute Law Revision Act (No. 3) 1979 (Act No. 37, 1980) |
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Assent date |
24 April 1980 |
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Commenced |
24 April 1980 |
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Married Persons (Equality of Status) Act 1989 (Act No. 76, 1989) |
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Assent date |
12 December 1989 |
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Commenced |
12 December 1989 |
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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 (Act No. 27, 1996) |
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Assent date |
28 June 1996 |
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Commenced |
1 January 1997 (s 2, s 2 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 (Act No. 26, 1996) and Gaz G49, 4 December 1996, p 5) |
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Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010 (Act No. 40, 2010) |
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Assent date |
18 November 2010 |
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Commenced |
1 March 2011 (s 2, s 2 Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations Act 2010 (Act No. 39, 2010) and Gaz G7, 16 February 2011, p 4) |
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Local Court (Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 8, 2016) |
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Assent date |
6 April 2016 |
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Commenced |
1 May 2016 (s 2, s 2 Local Court (Repeals and Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 9, 2016) and Gaz S34, 29 April 2016) |
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3 GENERAL
AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal
nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint)
are made by the Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1973 (as amended) to the
following provisions: ss 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 17, 20 and Sch.
4 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: ss 1 and 4 and Sch.
5 LIST OF
AMENDMENTS
s
3 amd No. 17, 1973, s 3
rep No. 37, 1974, s
11
s 4 amd No. 16, 1979, s 19; No. 27, 1996, s
7
s 5 amd No. 16, 1979, s
19
s 6 amd No. 16, 1979, s 19; No. 8, 2016, s
24
ss 7 – 8 amd No. 16, 1979, s
19
s 10 amd No. 17, 1973, s
4
s 22 rep No. 76, 1989, s
7
s 23 rep No. 8, 2016, s
25
sch amd No. 16, 1979, s 19; No. 37, 1980, s
18; No. 40, 2010, s 118; No. 8, 2016, s 26