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Adoption Act 1955

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31: References to Child Welfare Officer to be read as references to social workers, etc

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"Replace 'Child Welfare Officer' with 'social worker' when reading the Adoption Act 1955"

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When you read the Adoption Act 1955, you need to replace the words "Child Welfare Officer" with "social worker". This change happened on 1 April 1972. You do this because the law was updated to use the new title. There are some exceptions to this rule, which are explained in section 23(1) to (3) of the Department of Social Welfare Act 1971.

If the context is unclear, you might not make this change. Another law, section 23(4)(a) of the Department of Social Welfare Act 1971, is not affected by this change. This law was in place from 1 April 1972 until it was repealed on 1 April 1990 by section 36(6) of the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990.

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31References to Child Welfare Officer to be read as references to social workers, etc

  1. Every reference in this Act and its amendments, as in force on or after 1 April 1972, to a Child Welfare Officer must be read as a reference to a social worker.

  2. Subsection (1) applies—

  3. subject to the amendments made by section 23(1) to (3) of the Department of Social Welfare Act 1971; and
    1. unless the context otherwise requires.

      1. This section does not affect the operation of section 23(4)(a) of the Department of Social Welfare Act 1971 (which required references to the Superintendent of Child Welfare to be read as references to the Director-General of Social Welfare under that Act) at any time or times—

      2. on or after 1 April 1972; and
        1. before its repeal, on 1 April 1990, by section 36(6) of the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990.

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          • Section 31: inserted, on , by section 459 of the Social Security Act 2018 (2018 No 31).