AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

EDUCATION ORDINANCE 1958

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 11 of 1958

	In the Education Ordinance 1937-1952 “the Court” is defined as meaning “the Children’s Court established under the Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act 1905, of the State of New South Wales, in its application to the Territory, and includes a Court exercising the jurisdiction of a Children’s Court”.

	With the making of the Child Welfare Ordinance 1957 the Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act 1905 of the State of New South Wales has ceased to apply to the Territory.

	The definition of “the Court” in the Education Ordinance is being amended so that it refers to the Children’s Court established under the Child Welfare Ordinance, the Court which would deal with offences committed by school children against the Education Ordinance.