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COMPENSATION TO RELATIVES ACT 1897 - As at 15 June 2018 - Act 31 of 1897 - NOTES

COMPENSATION TO RELATIVES ACT 1897 - As at 15 June 2018 - Act 31 of 1897 - NOTES

Compensation to Relatives Act of 1897

Reprint history (since 1972):

Reprint No 1   30 July 1976  

Reprint No 2   27 December 1978  

Reprint No 3   17 August 1987  

Reprint No 4   18 December 2001  

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Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted
See also Damages (Infants and Persons of Unsound Mind) Act 1929; Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944; and Limitation Act 1969, secs 19, 60 and 62.

Table of amending instruments

Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 No 31 (formerly Compensation to Relatives Act of 1897). Assented to 6.12.1897. This Act has been amended as follows:

1928 No 8 Compensation to Relatives (Amendment) Act 1928. Assented to 12.6.1928.
1942 No 15 Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act 1942. Assented to 29.6.1942.

Date of commencement of sec 44, 20.11.1942, sec 2 (2) (3) and GG No 152 of 20.11.1942, p 3002.
1946 No 23 Compensation to Relatives (Amendment) Act 1946. Assented to 4.4.1946.
1953 No 33 Compensation to Relatives (Amendment) Act 1953. Assented to 16.12.1953.
1969 No 31 Limitation Act 1969. Assented to 9.4.1969.

Date of commencement, 1.1.1971, sec 1 (2) and GG No 106 of 21.8.1970, p 3331.
1984 No 149 Compensation to Relatives (De Facto Relationships) Amendment Act 1984. Assented to 10.12.1984.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 98 of 28.6.1985, p 3001.
1985 No 231 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985. Assented to 18.12.1985.
1996 No 121 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
1999 No 4 Property (Relationships) Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 7.6.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 28.6.1999, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 25.6.1999, p 4082.
No 94 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.89, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2006 No 80 Succession Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006.

Date of commencement, 1.3.2008, sec 2 and GG No 16 of 15.2.2008, p 707.
2010 No 19 Relationships Register Act 2010. Assented to 19.5.2010.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
2012 No 95 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2012. Assented to 21.11.2012.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 4.1.2013, sec 2 (1).
2018 No 28 Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Marriages) Act 2018. Assented to 15.6.2018.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996.

Sec 1 Am 1985 No 231, Sch 31.
Sec 3 Am 1928 No 8, sec 2 (1); 1942 No 15, sec 44 (a); 1946 No 23, sec 2; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.89.
Sec 4 Am 1942 No 15, sec 44 (b); 1984 No 149, Sch 1 (1); 1999 No 4, Sch 2.3 [1] [2].
Sec 5 Am 1953 No 33, sec 2 (a); 1969 No 31, Sch 2.
Secs 6A, 6B Ins 1928 No 8, sec 2 (2).
Sec 6C Ins 1928 No 8, sec 2 (2). Am 1953 No 33, sec 2 (b); 1969 No 31, Sch 2.
Secs 6D, 6E Ins 1928 No 8, sec 2 (2).
Sec 7 Am 1928 No 8, sec 2 (3); 1942 No 15, sec 44 (c); 1984 No 149, Sch 1 (2); 1999 No 4, Sch 2.3 [3]-[5]; 2006 No 80, Sch 3.3; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.21; 2012 No 95, Sch 2.5; 2018 No 28, Sch 1.10.
Sec 8 Ins 1999 No 4, Sch 2.3 [6].