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Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted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

Status of Children Act 1996 No 76. Assented to 29.10.1996. Date of commencement, 1.9.1998, sec 2 and GG No 126 of 28.8.1998, p 6530. This Act has been amended as follows:

1997	No 147	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.25, 1.9.1998, Sch 1.25 and GG No 126 of 28.8.1998, p 6530.
1999	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
2000	No 75	Adoption Act 2000. Assented to 9.11.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 31.1.2003, p 591.
2007	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 23	Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Same Sex Relationships) Act 2008. Assented to 11.6.2008. Date of commencement, 22.9.2008, sec 2 and GG No 118 of 19.9.2008, p 9283.
2010	No 19	Relationships Register Act 2010. Assented to 19.5.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 102	Surrogacy Act 2010. Assented to 16.11.2010. Date of commencement, 1.3.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (49) LW 11.2.2011.

Table of amendments

Sec 4	Am 2000 No 75, Sch 2.5 [1]; 2010 No 102, Sch 2.7.
Sec 8	Am 2000 No 75, Sch 2.5 [2].
Secs 11, 12	Am 2000 No 75, Sch 2.5 [3].
Sec 14	Am 1997 No 147, Sch 1.25 [1] [2]; 2008 No 23, Sch 2 [1]–[6]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.104 [1]–[4].
Sec 35	Am 2007 No 94, Sch 4.
Sec 38	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 1	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 2	Am 2008 No 23, Sch 2 [7] [8].