NORFOLK  ISLAND

 

ADOPTION OF CHILDREN RULES 1935

 

 [Consolidated as at 30 October 2002

 on the authority of the Administrator

 and in accordance with

 the Enactments Reprinting Act 1980]

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS

 

Sections

 

 1. Rules of Court

 2. Amended by Rules of 22 October 1935

 

NORFOLK  ISLAND

 

Adoption Of Children Rules 1935*

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 1. These Rules may be cited as the Adoption of Children Rules 1935 and shall come into operation on 12 January 1935.

 2. The general practice of the Supreme Court of the State of New South Wales in its equitable jurisdiction as regulated by the Child Welfare Act (Part 14).  Rules of 1925 made under the Child Welfare Act 1923, as amended by the Child Welfare (Amendment) Act 1924 of the said State, shall, so far as the same is applicable and not inconsistent with this Act+ apply to all applications; provided always that the Chief Magistrate shall be sole judge as to whether and to what extent such rules shall apply.

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*The Adoption of Children Rules 1935, in force under the Adoption of Children Act 1932, comprise the following: —

Year and Number

Date on which made

Date notified in Commonwealth Gazette

1935, No. –     ..     ..

12 January 1935     ..     ..

10 October 1935

1935, No. –     ..     ..

22 October 1935    ..     ..

19 December 1935

+The enacting words of the Adoption of Children Rules 1935, made on 12 January 1935, read as follow: –

“In pursuance of the powers vested in me by subsection 15(1) of the Adoption of Children Act 1932 I do order and direct as follows: –”

The enacting words of the amending Rules made on 22 October 1935, read as follow: –

“In pursuance of the powers vested in me by section 15 of the Adoption of Children Act 1932, I, Charles Robert Pinney, the Chief Magistrate of the Territory of Norfolk Island, do hereby make the following Rule of Court.”

Note  –  The Adoption of Children Rules 1935 are affected by section 6 of the Ordinances Revision Act 1964.

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