Adoption Act 1955

Miscellaneous

Schedule 2: Enactments repealed

You could also call this:

"Laws that are no longer valid because of the Adoption Act 1955"

The Adoption Act 1955 has a list of laws that are no longer valid. You can find this list in the part of the act called Enactments repealed. This list was created because of a rule in section 30(1) of the act.

Some of the laws that are no longer valid include the Child Welfare Act 1925, the Infants Act 1908, and the Maori Affairs Act 1953. There are also several Statutes Amendment Acts from different years that are no longer valid.

These laws are listed in the Enactments repealed part of the Adoption Act 1955, which is a separate section that provides more information about the act.

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Schedule 1: Consequential amendments, or

"Changes to other laws because of the Adoption Act 1955"

2Enactments repealed Empowered by s 30(1)

Child Welfare Act 1925 (1925 No 22) (Reprint of Statutes, Vol III, p 1113)

Child Welfare Amendment Act 1948 (1948 No 48)

Infants Act 1908 (1908 No 86) (Reprint of Statutes, Vol III, p 1069)

Infants Amendment Act 1950 (1950 No 18)

Maori Affairs Act 1953 (1953 No 94)

Statutes Amendment Act 1939 (1939 No 39)

Statutes Amendment Act 1941 (1941 No 26)

Statutes Amendment Act 1942 (1942 No 18)

Statutes Amendment Act 1947 (1947 No 60)

Statutes Amendment Act 1951 (1951 No 81)