Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Children’s Court Act 1987 No 53. Assented to 29.5.1987. Date of commencement of secs 1 and 2, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 18.1.1988, sec 2 (2) and GG No 8 of 15.1.1988, p 172. This Act has been amended as follows:

1987	No 268	Children’s Court (Amendment) Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987.
1991	No 71	Courts Legislation (Contempt) Amendment Act 1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement, 28 days after assent.
1998	No 158	Children and Young Persons Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1]–[4] and [6]–[18], 18.12.2000, sec 2 and GG No 159 of 8.12.2000, p 12781; date of commencement of Sch 1 [5], 17.4.2000, sec 2 and GG No 48 of 17.4.2000, p 3349.
1999	No 69	Local Courts Amendment (Part-time Magistrates) Act 1999. Assented to 30.11.1999. Date of commencement, 17.12.1999, sec 2 and GG No 141 of 17.12.1999, p 11905.
2000	No 58	Children’s Court Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 5.7.2000. Date of commencement, immediately after the commencement of Sch 1 [7] to the Children and Young Persons Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1998 (ie 18.12.2000), sec 2 and GG No 159 of 8.12.2000, p 12781.
	No 93	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 2.6, assent, sec 2 (2).
2005	No 93	Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 31.12.2005, sec 2 and GG No 164 of 23.12.2005, p 11221.

Table of amendments

Sec 3	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (1); 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [1] [2].
Sec 6	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 7	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (3) (4); 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2000 No 93, Sch 2.6 [1].
Sec 8	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (3) (5) (6); 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 9	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (3) (6) (7).
Sec 10	Rep 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 10A	Ins 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [7]. Am 2000 No 58, Sch 1.
Sec 11	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (8); 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 13	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (3); 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [9].
Part 3A (secs 15A, 15B)	Ins 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 16	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (4) (6) (9); 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [11]–[13].
Sec 17	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (3) (6) (10); 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 18	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (6).
Sec 21	Am 1991 No 71, Sch 1.
Sec 22	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (3) (6) (11); 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [15] [16].
Sec 23	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (4); 2005 No 93, Sch 2.
Sec 24	Ins 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [17].
Sch 1	Am 1987 No 268, Sch 1 (12)–(16); 1999 No 69, Sch 2.1 [1].
Sch 2	Ins 1998 No 158, Sch 1 [18].
Sch 3, heading (previously Sch 2, heading)	Ins 1999 No 69, Sch 2.1. [2]. Subst 2000 No 93, Sch 2.6 [2].
Sch 3 (previously Sch 2)	Ins 1999 No 69, Sch 2.1. [2]. Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.6 [3].